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per  le  premier  plat  at  an  tarminant  soit  par  la 
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d'impraasion  ou  d'iliustration,  soit  par  la  second 
plat,  salon  le  caa.  Tous  las  autras  axamplairas 
originaux  sont  filmte  en  commsnpant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  ampreinte 
d'impreasion  ou  d'iliustration  et  en  tarminant  par 
la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
ampreinte. 

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darnlAro  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
caa:  le  symbols  — »•  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbols  V  signifie  "FIN". 

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OF  ifiS 


GRAND  LODGE 


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Iiieo]!|»i^t#Aiiia8l  lid,  A^.  1879, 

t7B4ev  th* pnrrislonB of  01i«ptw ^$^<M4& Bi^MStatutes  of  Onterio,  belD«  "  An 

Act  respeotlDg  Beii«7olen(,  I^ovident  and  otber  Soeietieii."     <3qp7  of  DetOft* 

rfttton,  togerlter  wMli  s  copy  of  Gcostitttticn  snd  Bj-Ijawa,  idled  in 

oaee  of  Provin^l  Begistnr,  Augiut  IMh  A<I>>  jiSW- 


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CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS 


OF  THE 


GRAND   LODGE 


OF  THE 


of  United  Woi 


OF  THE 


PROVINCE  OF  ONTARIO. 


Incorporated  Aui,Mist  lltli,  A.D.  1879, 

Under  the  provisions  of  Cliapter  167  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ontario,  being  "  Aa 
Act  respecting  Benevolent,  Provident  and  other  Societies."      Copy  of  Decla- 
ration, together  with  a  copy  of  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  filed  in 
Office  of  Provincial  Registrar,  August  Uth  A.D.  1679. 


DETROIT: 

GULLEY  PRINTING  HOUSE,  12,  14,  16  LARNED  ST.  EAST. 

1879. 


INDEX. 


PAGE 

A.  O.  U.  W.,  Objects  and  Purposes ^ 

Appeals,  how  taken ••.••• :'a Vi*  a^ 

ADDlications  for  Membership,  how  received di,  .^.i 


ASSraSons  and  Amendmenrs  to  Constitution 25, 


26 


Alterations  and  Amendments  to  By-Laws 4^ 

Assessment  Notices,  when  dated *iq   20 

Assessments,  when  paid .. ;  vd 

Assessment,  First,  how  paid. 

Application  for  Membership,  how  made <>* 

Annual  Se?sion  of  Grand  Lodge ^| 

Beneficiary  Article 

Beneficiary  Fund,  Arrearages •  •  • 

Beneficiary  Fund,  how  and  when  paid lo, 

Beneficiary  Fund.  Rights  of  Members -  - 

Balloting  for  Candidates. •  oV 

Balloting  for  J.  W.  and  S.  W •••  *^' 

Bonds,  Grand  Lodge  Officers.^. ^^'  i^' 


22,  23, 


21 
38 
19 
32 
34 
30 
40 


isonus,  vxittuu  ijvvAgo -i^Jii-v^^' a.  •  • an    3Q    40 

Bonds!  Subordinate  Lodge  Officers  '  Jo'  S 

Benefits  to  Members ',.''..]  45 


Benefits  to  Members . 

By-Laws,  Subordinate  Lodge |g 

By-Laws.  Approval  of -, 

Certificates ojf  P.M.  W..^.... y^'  ^^ 

19 


ueruiiuttvcs,  jLJcuciiv^ic*!  T  Fund  •  •  •  •  • .,  u' 

Certificates,  how  issued  and  by  whom •  •  •  J^> 


Certificates,  Beneflciaiy 

Certificates,  how  issued  ana  oy  wuum •  •  •  -> 

Certificates,  Application  for ^°'  !:l 

y^ i '.o i A  ..^ <-vi  1  nt-  %-v a  1  rl    T/-»l'  ..-• • ..••      Al 


Certificates,  Amount  paid  for „' 

Certificates,  Annulling ••■■"•\ iq 

Certificates,  Register  of  by  G.  Recorder. . . .....  ■•••••;   to 

Certificates:  Register  of  by  Recorder  Subordir  ,te  Lodge .. .  . .  19 

Certificates,  Renewal  of •  •  • ^^'  *'*' 

Credentials  of  Representatives....        •  •  • 

Credentials  of  Representative?-,  Duphcates •  • 

Committees,  Standing,  Grand  Lodge »i  iX 

Committees,  Special,  Grand  Lodge o"  in   iq'  Vi "  Vq 

Committee,  Finance •••  ^^  i"'  ^'^'  ^*'  ^' 

SSwel;  Srs«bS?S„at^  Lodge;  of  whW -^mpi^^^^ 

Committee,  Business.  Subordinate  Lodge 'id'^a 

Committee,  Auditing ^'*'  ^°'  Z 

Charges  and  Trials -^  24 

cX^e^nfatl^'irGmndLodie  Officers  a^^^^  27',  28 

Charters  of  Subordinate  Lodges •  ■■  ^,  ai 

Charters  of  Subordinate  Lodges,  Damaged  or  Lost,  how  re-        ^^ 
placed 


23 

7 


10 
24 
10 
40 

40 


iii 


PAGE 

6 

25 

...  31,  33 
, . .  25,  26 

45 

19 

...  19,  20 

19 

32 

9 

, 16 

21 

22,  23,  38 

19 

.   32 

...  33,  34 
13,  15,  30 
30,  39,  40 
...  42,  43 

45 

45 

7 

«  •  ■       •  •  •  i 

...  17,  18 
....  18,  19 
.   ..  16,  17 

17 

21 

19 

:e 19 

21,  22,  23 
........     7 

7 

.   ...  9,  10 

10 

,  14,  23,  24 

10 

osed....  40 

40 

.  36,  a8,  39 

44 

23,  24 

28...  27,  28 
...  29,  31 
tvre- 
31 


Contested  Election,  how  decided 

Death  of  Members,  action  taken  by  Subordinate  Lodge  *  V.'lV 

Duties  of  Subordinate  Lodges ,,  ' 

Degrees,  how  and  when  conferred ,' .  .'.*  *.'..'  33' 

Dispensations 11*  og' 

Dues '. \\"      '      ' 

Disputes  and  Grievances ..." .'. ". 43" 

Eligibility  to  Office  in  Grand  Lodge .'.".".*    ' 

Expelled  Members 22 

Election  of  Grand  Lodge  Oflflcers ...........'. s' 

Election  of  Subordinate  Lodge  Officers , .'. .'.*.'.'. . ' 

Election  by  Acclamation 8 

Foreman,  duties  of ' 

Fines '.'     *'.'.'   4]' 

Financier  Duties  of.  ."...".'."26,"2lV^*,  85,' 

Fmal  Card,  holder  of .. .., 

Grand  Lodge,  How  Constituted,  of  whom  composed..  ..  . 

Grand  Lodge  Officers,  How  Removed  or  Suspended 15 

G.  M .  Workman,  When  Entitled  to  Vote 


G 
G 
G 
G, 
G. 
G, 
G. 
G. 


12, 


M.  Workman,  Duties  of n" 

M.  Workman,  By  Whom  Succeeded .  '. . . 

Foreman,  Duties  of 

Overseer,  Duties  of 

Recorder,  Duties  of '.*.'. .  iV/is,'  19,  *23, 

Receiver,  Duties  of  . .  13 

Guide,  Duties  of  '.'  '.*... ' 

Officers,  Duties  of .....!*.'... 

Guide,  Subordinate  Lodge,  Duties  of .'.....'.! 

German  Lodges  and  Work ."'" 

General  Fund  on  Assessments 

Initiation  Fees 

Installation  of  Offlcere,  Grand  Lodge  !.!..!!!!"*.'.".'."!.'!!"" 

Installation  of  Officers,  Subordinate  Lodge  

Instituting  Officers,  Duties  of 11  24"25 

Institution  of  Lodges  after  Annual  Election  of  Reps. . . .'     '     ' 

Library  Fund ; "  ,| 

Limit  of  Age .......!!!!'.!..!..**!.*! 

Liabilities  of  Members 

Lodge  Meeting?^,  When  Held 

Monthly  Report,  Subordinate  Lodge '.'. 

Monthly  Report,  Grand  Recorder .'."'13 

Medical  Examination  of  Members  of  New  Lodges ' 

Medical  Examiners,  Qualifications  Necessary " 

Membership , ", "cji 

M.  Workman ......*....'        ...         36* 

M.  Workman,  Qualifications  Necessary . ..'.'.'....'.. ' 

Name  of  Grand  Lodge , 

Nominations  of  Officers  in  Subordinate  Lodges. ". .. '.*.*.' 

Order  of  Business  of  Grand  Lodge 

Officers  of  Grand  Lodge ',[[, 

Officers  of  Subordinate  Lodges !.....!'" 

Overseer,  Duties  of 

P.  G.  M.  W.,  Duties  of,  etc '.'.].'.'.'.'.' 8 

Power  of  Grand  Lodge .'.",'  . .'.' ' 


10, 


29 
34 
U 
41 
44 

8 
43 

9 
35 

9 
87 
42 
39 
22 

6 
16 

8 
31 
12 
12 
12 
24 
18 
12 
15 
89 
31 
22 
38 
10 
36 
28 

9 
22 
82 
41 
33 
19 
23 
24 
24 
32 
43 
34 
6 
35 
27 
8 
34 
37 
11 
9 


iv 


30 


P  Tvv^,  RiKhtH  in  5rancl  Lodge,  how  to  obtain  them 6,  7 

P.  M.  W.,  Dutieaof g 

Quorum  of  Grand  Lodge... gg 

Quorum  of  Subordinate  Lodges .....  •  •  •  •  •   -:'•'  '^{''t'W a 

ilepresentative  to  Grand  Lodge,  How  and  When  Elected o 

Representatives,  Vacancy ,  How  Filled ".  ♦ 

Representative  Basis  in  Grand  Lodge •  •■••••  '■^{•■I'W    '  a 

Representatives  to  Supreme  Lodge,  How  and  When  Elected^^  ^8 

Rejected  Applicants '  j3 

Rejected  Candidates.. 91  "22  41  42 

Reinstatement  of  Members -5^'  ^*'  ||'  Jg 

Revenue  of  Grand  Lodge 21 '  23,'  29,  80,  37,  38 

Recorder,  Duties  of ^i,  *o,  «  ,      '  ^y' ^^^ 

Receiver,  Duties  of •  • .  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  • " ' '      ■•  43 

Removals  and  Vacancies,  How  Filled,  etc •  •  •  ■  •     •     - 

Rules  of  Order 45,  4t),  4^,  ^,  tw 

Special  Sessions,  Grand  Lodge. ^04 

Suspension  of  Subordinate  Lodge 26'  21 "  22  4^'  43 

Suspension  of  Members.........   ••••••;• ^'  ^L  ^^,  ^  .  ^^ 

Suspension  of  Subordinate  Lodge  Officers |J 

Suspended  Members 2g  29 

Semi-Annual  Returns • 3^ 

Surrender  of  Charter 33 

Subordinate  Lodge  Meetings "  ^g 

Subordinate  Lodge  Terms  . . .  • 29 

Subordinate  Lodges,  Duties  of 44  45 

Seal,  Subordinate  Lodge. '  4O 

Trustees  of  Subordinate  Lodge ^jq 

vXTJ?es1a?y 'to  EiecV Grand  Lodge bfflcers; . . : '. .'.. '•  '■  •  • ;,: '  8 
vSt?NeceS7to  Remove  an  Officer  or  Suspend  a  Member  44 
vStes  Cast  fo^Members  not  in  Nomination,  how  disposed  of.8^35 

Voting  in  Grand  Lodge 35^ 

Watchmen,  Duties  of 


80 

jedof  31 
....  tt,7 

87 

6 

88 

6 

«,7 

I,  (7 

jtecl .      8 
....32,88 

18 

22,41,42 

. .  24,  28 
80,  37,  38 
. . . ,  38,  39 

48 

47,  48,  49 

, 9 

20,24 
22,  41,  42 
.......  44 

.     22 
■.'.'..28,29 

31 

33 

29 

. .    .        29 

44,  45 

40 

'25 

8 

mber. .  44 
ed  ot8,  35 

7.8 

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CONSTITUTION. 


PREAMBLE. 

The  object  of  the  Order  of  United  Workmen  is  to  es- 
tablish a  society  or  association  for  mutual  protection  and 
benefit.  It  embraces  within  its  membership  all  classes  of 
laborers,  whether  mental  or  manual. 

In  its  scheme  of  benefits  there  is  a  beneficiary  fund  in 
which  each  member  participates  at  the  least  possible  cost, 
and  which  is  realized  upon  without  many  of  the  delays 
attendant  upon  the  settlement  of  ordinary  life  assurance, 
and  at  a  porMon  only  of  their  cost. 

Its  scheme  is  such  that  every  member  may  know  inti- 
mately all  its  workings,  and  so  judge  for  himself  of  the  sta- 
bility of  the  Order  and  its  promises. 

In  addition,  it  has  a  social  system  carried  on  by  means 
of  its  Lodges,  where,  bound  by  vows  of  secrecy  and  fra- 
ternity, each  member  is  pledged  to  care  for  the  interests  of 
every  other,  to  officiate  at  the  bedside  and  relieve  the  ne- 
cessities of  the  sick,  and  to  extend  the  hand  of  fellowship 
and  encouragement  at  all  times. 

It  interferes  with  no  man's  belief  in  religion  or  politics, 
asking  in  these  matters, the  one  simple  and  important  ques- 
tion :  Do  you  believe  in  a  Supreme  Being?  That  its  busi- 
ness may  be  carried  on  in  the  most  thorough  manner,  it 
requires  a  medical  examination  as  rigid  as  that  of  the  most 
careful  insurance  company,  and  investigates  the  character 
of  each  applicant  with  exceeding  care,  and  a  secret  ballot 
must  be  passed  before  gaining  admittance  to  the  Order, 

The  methods  of  protection  to  the  funds  of  the  Order  are 
as  complete  as  can  be  given. 


ARTICLE  I. 

NAME. 

The  name  of  this  Grand  Lodge  shall  be  "  The  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  of  the 
Province  of  Ontario." 

APTICLE  IL 

HOW    CONSTITUTED. 

Section  1.  The  Grand  Lodge  shall  consist  of  its  Grand 
Officers  and  of  the  Representatives  of  the  subordinate 
Lodges  in  the  Province  of  Ontario,  who  have  received  the 
P.  M.  W.  Degree,  any  eight  of  whom  being  present,  may 
open  and  close  this  Grand  Lodge  ;  but,  at  any  general  or 
special  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the  presence  of  the 
Representatives  of  not  less  than  ten  subordinate  lodges 
shall  be  necessary  to  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transac- 
tion of  business. 

Sec.  2.  Past  Master  Workmen  of  lodges  in  this  jurisdic- 
tion, who  shall  have  received  the  P.  M.  W.  Degree,  and 
who  are  in  good  standing,  shall  be  entitled  to  admission  to 
this  Grand  Lodge  as  visitors,  but  shall  have  no  compensa- 
tion. No  brother  in  arrears  on  a  beneficiary  assessm».nt 
shall  be  considered  in  good  standing. 

Sec.  3.  Each  -subordinate  lodge  shall  be  entitled  to  one 
representative,  who  shall  be  elected  at  the  last  stated  sub- 
ordinate lodge  meeting  in  December,  to  serve  for  the  term 
of  one  year  from  and  after  the  third  Tuesday  in  February 
following  such  election. 

In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  Representative,  the 
same  may  be  filled  by  an  election  at  any  stated  meeting 
thereafter,  and  in  case  no  stated  meeting  shall  be  held  be- 
tween the  date  of  the  occurrence  of  such  vacancy  and  any 


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session  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  a  special  meeting  may  be 
called  for  that  purpose,  of  which  proper  notice  shall  be 
given.  The  certificate  of  such  Representative  so  elected 
shall  set  forth  the  fact  and  cause  of  such  vacancy.  Sub- 
ordinate lodges  instituted  after  the  time  of  the  annual  elec-, 
tion,  shall  be  represented  therein  by  the  P.  M.  W.  installed 
at  the  institution  of  such  lodge.  In  case  of  a  contested 
election  or  a  protest  to  the  admission  of  a  Representative, 
the  Committee  on  Jurisprudence  shall,  without  delay,  ex- 
amine the  papers,  evidence  and  contestants,  and  report  the 
facts  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Sec.  4.  Every  Representative  to  this  Grand  Lodge  must 
be  a  P.  M.  W.  in  good  standing  in  his  subordinate  lodge, 
and  must  present  to  this  Grand  Lodge  credentials  properly 
signed  and  attested  with  the  seal  of  the  subordinate  lodge 
attached,  certifying  that  he  is  a  P.  M.  W  ,  and  has  been 
duly  elected  a  Representative  from  such  lodge. 

All  P.  M.  W.  previous  to  their  being  admitted  to  this 
Grand  Lodge,  must  present  <  ertificates  setting  forth  that 
they  have  passed  the  M.  W's.  chair,  or  were  created  at  in- 
stitution of  new  lodge,  or  elected  to  fill  a  vacancy  arising 
from  any  cause  whatever,  and  are  in  good  standing,  properly 
signed,  attested  by  the  seal  of  the  subordinate  lodge 

A  duplicate  copy  of  each  Representative's  certificate 
must  accompany  the  annual  returns  of  each  subordinate 
lodge. 

Sec.  5.  Each  Representative  shall  be  entitled  to  but  one 
vote,  provided  however,  that  when  the  ayes  and  nays  are 
called  for  by  any  three  Representatives,  and  at  all  elections 
for  Grand  Lodge  Officers,  Trustees  and  Representatives  to 
the  Supreme  Lodge,  each  Representative  will  be  entitled 
to  as  many  votes  as  there  were  members  of  the  lodge  rep- 


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resented  l)y  him  at  the  date  of  the  last  report  made  by  said 
lodge  to  this  .Irand  Lodge  ;  Providtd,  that  the  Represent- 
ative of  a  lodge  instituted  alte'-  date  of  the  annual  election 
foi  subordinate  lodges  shall  be  entitled,  upon  the  call  of 
the  ayes  and  nays,  and  at  election  for  Officer?,  Trustees 
and  Representatives  to  the  Supreme  Lodge,  to  but  as  many 
votes  as  there  were  charter  members  of  his  lodge. 

Sec.  6.  The  G.  M.  W.  shall  only  be  e-utled  to  vote  as 
such  Officer  whenever  upon  any  question  there  shall  be  a 
tie. 

.    ARTICLE  in. 

OFFICERS. 

Section  1.  The  elective  Officers  of  this  Grand  Lodge 
shal'  be  as  follows:  Grand  Master  Workman,  Grand 
Foreman,  Grand  Overseer,  Grand  Recorder,  Grand 
Receiver,  Grand  Guide,  Grand  Watchman,  who  shall 
be  elected  by  ballot  on  or  be.  ^re  the  second  day  of  each 
regular  session  of  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  each  officer  shall 
retain  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  of  his  office  for 
one  year,  or  until  his  successor  has  been  legally  elected  and 
installed.  The  retiring  G.  iM.  W.  shall  take  the  chair  of 
the  P.  G.  M  W.,  and  as  such  P.  G.  M.  W.  shall  be  entitled 
to  mileage  and  per  d'em. 

Sec.  2.  This  Grand  Lodge  shall  elect  by  ballot  at  the 
time  o*^  the  election  of  Grand  Lodge  Officers,  three  Repre- 
sentatives to  the  Supreme  Lodge,  who  shall  hold  their  office 
for  one  year  from  and  after  the  date  of  such  election. 

Sec.  8.  All  P.  M.  W.  who  have  received  the  P.  M.  W. 
Degree  as  Representative  or  otherwise,  shall  be  eligilile  to 
anv  offi.ce  in  tins  Grand  Lod^e, 

Sec.  4.  A  majority  of  the  votes  cast  shall  be  necessary  to 
elect,  but  no  vote  shall  be  counted  which  may  be  given  for 


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anyone  not  in  nomination.  When  only  one  nomination  shall 
be  made  for  an  office,  the  Grand  Lodge  may  elect  by  accla- 
mation. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

MEKTINGS. 

Section  1.  This  Grand  Lodge  shall  hold  an  annual  ses- 
sion on  the  third  Tuesday  in  February  of  each  and  every 
year,  at  such  place  in  the  Province  of  Ontario  as  the  pre- 
vious Grand  Lodge  shall  elect. 

wSpecial  sessions  may  be  called  by  the  G.  M,  W.  when- 
ever he  may  deem  it  necessary  for  the  advancement  of  the 
Order,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  call  such  sessions  when 
requested  in  writing  t)y  the  Trustees. 

ARTICLE  V. 

fOWER. 

Section  1.  This  Grand  Lodge  shall  have  jurisdiction 
over  all  subordinate  lodges  of  the  A.  O.  U.  W.  in  the  Prov- 
ince of  Ontario;  it  shall  have  the  right  and  power  of  grant- 
ing charters,  of  suspendir.g  or  taking  away  the  same  on 
proper  cause  ;  of  receiving  and  hearing  all  appeals  ;  of  re- 
dressing all  grievances  arising  in  the  lodges  under  its  juris- 
diction ;  of  enacting  laws  for  its  government  and  support, 
provided  the  same  do  not  conflict  with  the  laws  of  the  Su- 
preme Lodge. 

COMMITTEES. 

Sec.  2.  At  each  annual  meeting,  the  Grand  Master 
Workman  shall  appoint  the  following  standing  committees; 

1st.  A  committee  of  three  on  Finance,  to  examine  all 
bills  presented  to  the  Grand  Lodge  or  iis  Officers ;  to  make 
out  a  pay  roll  showing  the  mileage  and  per  diem  due  each 
member  ;  to  approve  all  contracts  for  printing  and  supplies; 


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to  examine  the  books  and  accounts  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
Officers  and  Trustees  whenever  required  to  do  so  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  or  G.  M.  W.;  to  submit  at  each  annual  meet- 
ing a  report  of  their  acts  ;  to  accept  and  approve  all  bonds 
required  of  Grand  and  subordinate  Lodge  Officers  and 
Trustees ;  to  audit  all  bills  and  accounts  presented  to  the 
Grand  Lodge,  and  transact  such  other  business  as  may  be 
referred  to  them.  No  Grand  Lodge  Officer  or  Trustee 
shall  be  eligible  to  act  as  a  member  of  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee. 

3d.  A  committee  of  three  on  Jurisprudence,  to  examine 
and  report  upon  ail  appeals  and  grievances  from  subordi- 
nate lodges  and  the  members  thereof  referred  to  it  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  or  G.  M.  W.;  to  examine  and  report  upon  the 
Rules,  Regulations  and  By-Laws  of  subordinate  lodges  ;  to 
examine  and  report  upon  all  questions  of  law  and  usage 
submitted  to  them  by  the  Grand  Lodge  or  G.  M  W.  When 
the  Grand  Lodge  is  not  in  session  their  report  shall  be 
made  to  the  G.  M.  W.,  and  the  Laws,  Rules  and  Regula- 
tions of  the  subordinate  lodges  aforesaid  shall  have  no 
binding  force  until  approved  by  the  Grand  Lodge  or  G.  M. 
W. 

These  Committees  shall  be  appointed  at  the  close  of 
each  annual  meeting,  to  serve  for  one  year. 

Special  committees  may  be  appointed  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  or  Grand  Master  Workman  from  time  to  time,  as 
circumstar.vjes  may  requiie. 


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ARTICLE  VL 

POWERS  AND  DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS. 

Section  1.    The  sitting  Past  Grand   Master  Workman 
shall  install  the  Grand  Lodge  Officers,  and  perfor  ■    such 


1  Lodge 
)  by  the 
lal  meet- 
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other  duties  as  are  enjoined  by  the  Laws,  Rules  and  Regu- 
lations of  the  Order,  or  as  the  Grand  Master  Workman 
may  direct  during  the  Grand  Lodge  session. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  G.  M.  W.  (and  he  has 
the  power)  to  preside  in  the  Grand  Lodge  ;  to  exercise  and 
discharge  the  executive  functions  of  the  Grand  Lodge  when 
it  is  not  in  session  ;  in  person  or  by  proxy  to  convene  any 
subordinate  lodge  within  the  jurisdiction,  to  preside  therein; 
to  inspect  their  proceedings,  and  require  their  conformity 
to  the  Laws,  Rules  and   Regulations  of  the  Order  ;  to  sus- 
pend the  charter  of  any  lodge  when  in  his  judgment  the 
welfare  of  the  Order  may  require  it ;  to  decide,  subject  to 
the  approval  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  all  questions  of  law  and 
usage  ;  to  issue  his  dispensation   to  any  regular  lodge   to 
make  a  M.  W.,  or  confer  any  degrees  without  delay  ;  to 
appoint  and  convene  standing  and  special  committees,  and 
in  case  of  a  vacancy  in  any  office  or  committee,  to  fill  such 
vacancy  ;  in  person  or  by  proxy  to  institute  lodges  and  ded- 
icate halls  for  lodge  meetings  ;  to  grant  dispensations  for 
the  organization  of  subordinate  lodges  within  the  Province^ 
and  upon  granting  such  dispensations,  he   shall  notify  the 
Grand  Recorder  thereof,  and  also  furnish  him  with  a  list  of 
the  officers  elected  and  installed  ;  to  appoint  from  the  P. 
M.  W.  such  deputy  or  deputies  as  he  may  deem  necessary, 
and  may  require  of  such  deputy  a  bond  in  such  a  penalty 
as  he  may  determine,  and  may  revoke  such  appointment  at 
pleasure  ;    to  require  the  attendance  of,  and  information 
from  any  Officer  of  the  Grand  Lodge  respecting  his  office  ; 
to  draw  warrants  during  the  interim  of  the  session  of  this 
Grand  !  .odge  upon  the  Grand  Receiver  for  sums  necessary 
to  defray  contingent  expenses,  or  to  pay  death  losses,  or  to 
pay  salaries  of  officers.     Provided,  however,  that  such  ac- 


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counts  are  first  audited  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Finance 
Committee.  At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
he  shall  present  a  report  in  detail  of  all  his  acts  during  re- 
cess. He  shall  sign  alj  official  documents  emanating  from 
the  Grand  Lodge,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be 
required  of  him  by  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Sec.  3.  In  case  of  the  death,  resignation,  absence,  or  in- 
ability to  act  of  the  Grand  Master  Workman,  or  vacancy  in 
his  office,  the  Grand  Foreman,  the  Grand  Overseer,  and  the 
acting  P.  G,  M.  W.  shall  in  succession  succeed  to  his  pre- 
rogatives and  duties  for  all  purposes.  In  the  absence  of 
all  these  officers,  the  oldest  past  officer  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
present,  according  to  rank,  shall  preside. 

Sec.  4.  The  G.  F.  shall  assist  the  G.  M.  W.,  and  in  his 
absence  he  shall  preside  over  the  Grand  Lodge  ;  and  in 
case  of  the  removal,  death,  resignation  or  inability  of  the 
G.  M.  W.,  that  office  and  its  duties  shall  devolve  on  the  G. 
F.  for  the  time  being,  and  at  the  expiration  of  the  term,  he 
shall  receive  all  the  honors  of  the  office  of  G.  M.  W. 

Sec.  5.  The  G.  O.  shall  render  the  G.  M.  W.  such  assist- 
ance as  may  be  required  by  the  Law^s,  Rules  and  Regula- 
tions of  the  Order. 

Sec.  6.  The  G.  G.  shall  assist  in  preserving  order,  exam- 
ine and  introduce  Representatives  and  new  members,  and 
perform  such  other  duties  as  are  required  of  him  by  the  G. 
M.  W. 

Sec.  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Recorder  to 
record  the  transactions  of  the  Grand  Lodge  ;  to  receive, 
duly  file  and  s*afely  keep  all  papers  and  documents  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  ;  to  prepare,  sign  and  certify  all  charters,  dis= 
pensations  and  other  instruments  emanating  from  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and,  when  necessary,  affix  the  seal  of  the  Grand 


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i  Finance 
d  Lodge, 
luring  re- 
ting  from 
as  may  be 

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[le  Grand 


Lodge  thereto  ;  to  keep  an  accurate  account  of  all  moneys 
received  and  paid  out  by  himself,  and  of  all  drafts  or  war- 
rants drawn  on  the  Grand  Receiver,  and  to  report  the  same 
to  the  Grand  Lodge  annually  ;  to  pay  over  to  ihe  Grand 
Receiver  all  moneys  coming  into  his  hands,  within  thirty 
days  of  the  receipt  thereof ;  also  the  Lodges  that  have  ne- 
glected to  render  proper  returns  and  are  in  arrears,  and 
such  general  information  as  to  the  state  of  the  lodges 
and  of  the  Order,  as  may  be  proper  for  the  information  or 
action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  ;  to  conduct  the  correspondence 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  ;  he  shall  adjust  all  losses,  and  in  set- 
tlement thereof  shall  prepare  and  countersign  an  order  on 
the  Grand  Receiver  payable  to  the  party  entitled,  and  for- 
ward the  same  to  the  Recorder  of  the  subordinate  lodge  of 
which  the  deceased  was  a  member  ;  he  shall  publish  on  or 
before  the  first  day  of  each  month,  a  full  statement,  by 
lodges,  of  all  beneficiary  funds  received  from  each  subordi- 
nate lodge,  together  with  the  names  of  rejected  candidates, 
and  forward  to  each  subordinate  lodge  in  his  juiisdiction, 
one  copy.  The  correctness  of  such  statement  shall  be  at- 
tested to  by  the  Grand  Lodge  Finance  Committee.  He 
shall  attend,  with  all  books  and  papers  under  his  control, 
on  all  meetings  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  perform  such 
other  duties  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Laws,  Rules  and 
Regulations  of  the  Order,  and  as  may  from  time  to  time  be 
required  by  the  Grand  Lodge.  He  shall  execute  a  bond  in 
such  penally  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  for  the 
faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

Sec.  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Receiver  to 
take  charge  of  all  the  funds  and  property  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  not  otherwise  disposed  of;  pay  all  orders  drawn  on 
him  by  the  Grand  Master  W  jJunen,  attested  by  the  Grand 


I 


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Recorder,  with  the  seal  of  the  Grand  Lodge  attached,  and 
to  render  in  writing  to  the  Grand  Lodge  at  each  annual 
meeting,  and  oftener  if  required  by  the  Grand  Lodge  or 
the  Grand  Master  Workman,  a  true  and  perfect  account  of 
his  receipts  and  expenditures,  by  items,  and  from  whom 
received  and  to  whom  paid,  and  the  amount  of  funds  and 
property  in  his  hands,  and,  when  required  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  or  the  Grand  Master  Workman,  to  deliver  to  the 
Finance  Committee,  for  examination,  the  books  and  vouch- 
ers pertaining  to  his  office.  He  shall  keep  two  separate 
and  distinct  funds,  viz:  The  General  Fund  and  the  Benefi- 
ciary Fund,  and  the  said  Beneficiary  Fund  shall  be  used 
and  paid  out  only  to  pay  death  losses.  He  shall  execute  a 
receipt  for  all  moneys  coming  into  his  hands,  stating  therein 
on  what  account  the  same  is  received,  and  he  shall,  in  all 
cases,  cause  said  receipt  to  be  countersigned  by  the  Grand 
Recorder.  He  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  discharge 
of  his  duties,  execute  and  file  with  the  Grand  Master 
Workman,  an  official  bond,  in  such  penalty  as  may  be  fixed 
from  time  to  time  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  payable  to  the 
Grand  Lodge,  such  bond  to  be  approved  by  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  conditioned  that  he  will  pay  or  deliver  on  de- 
mand to  the  Grand  Lodge  or  the  Grand  Master  Workman 
of  the  Grand  Lodge,  or  to  his  successor  in  office,  or  prop- 
erly account  for,  all  funds  and  property  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
or  any  other  account  that  shall  come  to  his  hands  as  Grand 
Receiver,  and  shall  in  all  respects  faithfully  discharge  the 
duties  devolving  upon  him  as  Grand  Receiver,  under  the 
Constitution  and  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Grand  Lodge; 
and  should  the  Grand  Receiver  fail  or  refuse  for  twenty 
days  after  his  election  to  execute  and  have  approved  the 
bond  herein  required,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand 
Master  Workman,  with  the  approval  of  the  Grand  Fore- 


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ched,  and 
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man and  the  Grand  Overseer,  to  appoint  another  Grand 
Receiver,  who  shall  execute  a  bond  as  herein  required,  and 
enter  upon  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  the  position. 
Provided,  that  the  Grand  Receiver  shall  not  be  allowed  to 
discharge  any  of  the  functions  of  his  office,  or  receive  any 
of  the  moneys  belonging  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  until  the 
bond  herein  provided  for  has  been  duly  filed  and  approved, 
as  herein  provided  ;  and  the  Grand  Receiver  shall  not  de- 
livei  or  pay  over  to  his  successor  in  office  any  of  the  funds 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  until  notified  by  the  Grand  Master 
Workman  that  the  bond  of  his  successor  herein  provided 
for  has  been  filed  and  approved.  The  Grand  Receiver 
shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  from  time  to  time 
be  required  of  him  by  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Sec.  9.  The  remaining  officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
shall  perform  such  duties  as  are  appropriate  to  their  re- 
spective stations,  and  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  required 
by  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Sec.  10,  Any  Grand  Officer  may  be  removed  from  his 
office  for  conduct  not  worthy  of  his  standing  in  the  Order, 
or  inattention  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  but  he  shall  be  en- 
titled to  a  fair  trial,  and  two-thirds  of  the  votes  of  the 
members  present  shall  be  necessary  for  removal :  Provided, 
the  Grand  Master  Workman  may  suspend  any  officer  from 
the  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office,  whenever, 
in  his  judgment,  it  is  necessary  for  the  interests  of  the 
Order,  and  any  officer  so  suspended  shall  be  entitled  to  a 
trial  at  the  next  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  ;  provided, 
that  he  may  appeal  to  the  Committee  on  Jurisprudence, 
whose  decision  shall  be  final  until  the  next  session  of  the 
Grand  Lodge.  No  officer  shall  officiate  in  the  Grand 
Lodge  during  the  time  occupied   in  his   trial.     Should  the 


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Grand  Master  Workman  be  under  charges,  a  Past  Grand 
Master  Workman,  if  one  be  present,  shall  preside  while 
any  question  arising  therefrom  shall  be  under  considera- 
tion. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

BENEFICIARY    ARTICLE. 

Section  1.  Upon  the  death  of  a  M.  W,  degree  member 
in  good  standing,  of  a  Subordinate  Lodge  of  the  Order, 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient 
Order  of  United  Workmen  of  the  Province  of  Ontario,  such 
person  or  persons  as  said  member  may  have  directed, 
while  living,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  of  the  Beneficiary 
Fund  of  the  Order,  the  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars  ; 
provided  said  member  shall  have  complied  in  all  par- 
ticulars with  all  the  laws,  regulations  and  requirements  of 
the  Order,  and  with  the  following  conditions: 

Sec.  '2.  Each  member,  upon  receiving  the  ].  W.  de- 
gree and  applying  for  the  M.  W.  degree,  shall  make  an 
application  for  the  rights,  privileges  and  benefits  of  the 
Order,  in  substance  as  follows,  which  shall  be  attested  by 
the  Recorder  of  the  Subordinate  Lodge,  with  the  seal  at- 
tached : 

Form   of  Application. 

Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen,  | 
Beneficiary  Department.         j 

Application  for  a  Beneficial  Certificate. 
To  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  of  the 
Province  of  Ontario : 

I ,  having  made  application  for  the  M.  W.  degree  in 

Lodge,  No. ,  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United   Workmen  of  the 

Province  of  Ontario,  do  hereby  agree  that  compliance  on  my  part  with 
all  the  laws,  regulations  and  requirements  which  are  or  may  be  here- 


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after  enacted  by  said  Order,  is  the  express  condition  upon  which  I 
am  entitled  to  participate  in  the  Beneficiary  Fund,  and  have  and  en- 
joy all  the  other  benefits  and  privileges  of  said  Order. 

I  certify  that  the  answers  made  by  me  to  the  questions  propounded 
by  the  medical  examiner  of  this  Lodge,  which  are  attached  to  this  ap- 
plication and  form  a  part  thereof,  are  true. 

I  further  agree  that  the  certificate  to  be  issued  hereon  shall  have  no 
binding  force  whatever  until  I  shall  have  taken  the  M.  W.  degree  of 
said  Order,  and  signed  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  thereof. 

I  hereby  authorize  and  direct  that  the  amount  to  which  I  may  be 
entitled  of  said  Beneficiary  Fund,  shall,  at  my  death,  be  paid  to 

[Seal.]  

Attest : Recorder.  Applicant. 

Sec.  3.  Each  applicant,  upon  signing  the  aforesaid 
application  for  certificate,  shall  pay  to  the  Financier  the 
sum  of  two  dollars,  one  dollar  of  which  shall  be  known 
as  the  Beneficiary  Fund,  and  shall  be  placed  as  hereinafter 
provided  ;  the  remaining  one  dollar  to  be  forwarded  by  the 
Recorder  of  the  subordinate  lodge  to  the  Grand  Recorder 
(the  same  to  be  placed  by  him  in  the  Grand  Lodge  general 
fund,)  together  with  the  aforesaid  medical  examiner's  re- 
port and  application  for  certificate. 

Sec.  4.  The  Grand  Lodge  shall  issue  or  cause  to  be 
issued,  all  certificates  of  the  Beneficiary  Fund,  which  certi- 
ficate shall  be  in  substance  as  follows : 

BENEFICIAL  CERTIFICATE. 

The  Gr.'VNd  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen 
OF  the  Province  of  Ontario. 

No. $2,000. 

This  certificate,  issued  by  the  authority  of  the  Supreme  Lodge 
of    the    Ancient    Order  of    United    Workmen    witnesseth  :      That 

Brother ,  a  M.  W.   degree  member  of Lodge,   No.  , 

of  said  Order,  located  at ,  in  the  Province  of  Ontario,  is  en- 
titled to  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  membership  in  the  An- 
cient Order  of  United  Workmen  of  the  Province  of  Ontario,  and  to 

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participate  in  the  Beneficiary  Fund  of  the  Order  to  the  amount  of 
two  thousand  dollars,  which  sum  shall,  at  his  death,  he  paid  to- . 

This  certificate  is  issued  upon  the  express  condition  that  ^^^d— - 
shall,  in  every  particular,  while  a  meml.er  of  said  Order,  comply  with 
all  the  laws,  rules  and  requirements  thereof.  n  ^       «f 

In  witne;s  whereof,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen  of  the  Province  of  Ontario  has  caused  tins  certificate 
to  be  signed  by  its  Grand  Master  Workman  and  Grand  Recorder,  and 

*■"  *=>  ■'^       .  ,     ,    ^i,;c fliv  nf— .one  thousand 

the  seal  thereof  to  be  attached,  this clay   ot  ,  on 

eight  hundred  and • 

[Seal.]     Attest: G.  Recorder.  ^    ^        .- 

We,  the  undersigned.  M.  W.  and  Recorder  of Lodge   ^o—-. 

do  hereby  countersign  this  certificate  and  attach  the  seal  of  this  Lodge 
hereto,  rendering  the  same  valid  and  in  full  force,  this day  of 

'^--         ,  NL  W. 

[Seal.  Sub.  L.] 

Recorder. 

Sec.  5.   Upon    applicati  n    for    ceilificate    as   aforesaid, 
the  Grand  Recorder  shall  immediately  issue  and  for^vard 
the   rertificate  to  the   subordinate  lodge,  bearing    date  of 
application,  where  it  shall  be  countersigned  by  the  Master 
Workman,  with  the  seal  of  the  subordinate  lodge  attached, 
attested    by    the    Recorder,  and  when    the    applicant    has 
received  the  M.  W.  Degree,  the  certificate  shall  be  delivered 
to  him,  a  record  be  made  of  the  same  in  the  books  of  the 
Lodge,  and  he  shall,  from  such  date,  be  entuled  to  all  the 
rights  and  privileges  of  the  Order  in  accordance  with  the 
laws   rules  and  regulations  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  of  the 
Supreme   Lodge  ;    provided,   that   in   case  the   beneficiary 
certificate  is  not  present  at  the  time  the  applicant  receives 
the  M.  W's.  degree,  he  shall  be  eniitled  to  participate  in 
the   Beneficiary  Fund   until   such   time  as  said  ceri-.hcate 
shall   be  received  by  the   Lodge,  the  same  as  though  said 
certificate  had  been  delivered  at  the  time  said  degree  was 
received. 


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Sec.  ().  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Recorder  to 
keep  a  separate  and  distinct  account  with  each  subordinate 
lodge  in  his  jurisdiction,  showing  a  full  r  ;gister  of  each 
certificate  issued,  and  to  whom,  in  said  Lodge;  and  from 
the  monthly  reports  of  the  subordinate  lodges  he  shall 
keep  a  full  record  of  the  status  of  all  certificates  so  issued. 

Skc  7.  Each  subordinate  lodge  shall  make  full  report 
to  the  Grand  Recorder  every  thirty  days,  of  all  certificates 
suspended,  annulled,  withdrawn,  or  renewed. 

Sec.  8.   Upon    the   death  of   any    Brother    lawfully    en- 
titled to  participate  in   the  Beneficiary  Fund   as  hereinbe- 
fore provided,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  subordinate  lodge 
of  which  he  was  a  member,  to  notify  officially  by  prescribed 
form  of  death   notice,  the  Grand   Recorder,  who  shall,  on 
the  first  day  of  the  following  month,  notify  each  subordin- 
ate lodge  in  his  jurisdiction,  when  the  Beneficiary  P\ind  on 
hand  in  each  subordinate  lodge  (the  same  being  one  dollar 
for  each  valid  certificate,  and  such  sums  as  may  have  been 
received  for  certificates  renewed,)  shall  immediately  be  for- 
warded to  the  Grand  Recorder,  and  a  record  thereof  be  en- 
tered  upon  the  minutes.    Each  subordinate  lodge  shall  then 
make  an  assessment  of  one  dollar  upon  each  memoer  who  has 
leceived   the   M.  W.  degree.     Provided,  such  member  has 
received   the  M.  W.  degree  prior  to  the  date  of  the  death 
on    which    the    assessment    is    made.     Written    notices   of 
assessments  shall  be  made  and  sent  by  the  Financier,  bearing 
date  of  not  latei   than  the  8th  day  of  the  month  in  which 
the  notice  was  issued   by  the   Grand    Recorder.     Twenty 
days  from  date  of  such  notice  by  the   Financier,  and  not 
later  than  the  28th  day  of  said  month  in  which  said  notice 
of  assessment   v/as  given,  any  member   having   failed    or 
neglected  to  pay  said  assessment  into  the  Beneficiary  Fund 


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in  his  subordinate  lodge,  shall  forfeit  all  his  rights  under  said 
certificate.  Should  two  or  more  notices  of  assessments  be 
received  at  the  same  time,  the  subordinate  lodge  shall  im- 
mediately forward  the  Beneficiary  Fund  on  hand,  as  here- 
inbefore provided,  which  amount  shall  pay  one  notice.  On 
or  before  the  fint  day  of  the  following  month  it  shall  for- 
ward to  the  (hand  Recorder  one  dollar  for  each  valid  cer- 
tificate so  held  at  that  time  under  its  jurisdiction,  for  each 
remaining  notice.  Any  subordinate  lodge  failing  or  declin- 
ing to  make  returns  a'^  above,  so  as  to  insure  their  receipt 
by  the  Grand  Kec  .r  during  the  first  week  of  each 
month,  shall  again  be  notified  by  the  Grand  Recorder,  and 
should  such  returns  fail  to  be  made  within  one  week  from 
the  date  of  said  second  notice,  all  certificates  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  said  Lodge  shall  stand  suspended  until  said 
returns  are  made. 

Sec.  9.  The  Financier  of  each  subordinate  lodge  shall 
keep  a  book,  wherein  all  assessments  of  the  Beneficiary 
Fund  shall  be  entered  against  each  member  holding  a  valid 
certificate  ;  such  entry  shall  be  made  bearing  date  of  the 
first  meeting  night,  and  not  later  than  the  8th  day  of  the 
month  in  which  said  notice  was  received.  On  the  meeting 
night  previous  to  or  upon  the  28th  day  of  each  month,  he  shall 
furnish  the  Lodge  with  the  names  of  the  members  who  are 
in  arrears  on  such  assessments,  and  the  Recorder  shall 
place  the  same  on  the  minutes  of  the  Lodge,  aid  unlesr. 
paid  previously  to  the  29th  day  of  each  n  vath  ne  shall 
mark  such  certificates  and  members  as  suspended  on  the 
certificate  register-book,  affixing  the  date  thereto.  The 
Financier  shall,  upon  the  receipt  of  any  arrearages  from 
bencficla.y  assessments,  as  provided  for  in  Sec.  10,11,  12 
and  V-  of  this  Article,  pay  the  same  into  the  Beneficiary 


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Fund  (said  amount  from  arrearages  to  be  forwarded  to  the 
Grand  Recorder  upon  the  first  order  on  said  fund  there- 
after,) and  notify  the  Louge  of  the  same,  and  the  Recorder 
shall  so  place  it  on  the  minutes  of  the  Lodge,  and  mark 
the  certificate  so  paid  as  renewed  on  the  certificate  register- 
book,  affixing  the  date  thereto. 

Slc.    10.  Any  member  who  renders  void  his  certificate 
by   reason  of  non-payment  of  assessments   thereon,    may 
rei;ew  the  same  at  any  time  within  a  period  of  three  months 
from  the  date  of  the   forfeiture  thereof;  provided  he  shall 
pay  all  assessments  that  have  been  made  during  that  time. 
Sec.   11.  Any  member  in  arrears  on  beneficiary  assess- 
ments for  a  term  exceeding  three  months,  must  again  be 
examined  by  the  medical   examiner  of  the   Lodge,  whose 
report  shall  be  in  the  manner  and  form  as  prescribed  by 
the  Grand  Lodge,  and  shall  recommend  the  applicant  for 
membership.     He  shall   pay  all   arrearages  of  beneficiary 
assessments,  and   in  addition    thereto  shall  pay   into   the 
treasury  of  the  subordinate  lodge  the  sum  of  not  less  than 
two  dollars,  when  he  shall  again  be  reinstated  to  member- 
ship, and  his  beneficiary  certificate  be  renewed  ;  provided, 
that  by  a  vote  a  majority  of  the  Lodge  consent  thereto.     If 
the    application    for    renewal    be   approved,    the    medical 
examiner's  report,  together  with   notice  of  the  renewal  of 
his  beneficiary  certificate,  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Grand 
Recorder ;  if  rejected,  the  amount  deposited   for  renewal 
shall  be  returned  to  the  applicant. 

Sec.  12.  Any  member  in  arrears  for  the  period  of  six 
months  shall  .-^tand  suspended  from  all  benefits  and  privU 
leges  in  the  Order.  His  beneficiary  certificate  shall  be 
reported  to  the  Grand  Recorder  as  annulled,  and  he  shall 
not  again  be  admitted  to  membership,  except  as  provided 
for  in  Sec.  Ill  of  this  Article. 


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Sec.  13.  Any  member  holding  a  final  card,  or  a  member 
suspended  from  the  Order  by  reason  of  non-payment  of 
dues  or  arrearages  of  beneficiary  assessments,  applying  to 
be  reinstated,  shall  pay  the  amount  he  was  in  arrears  at 
the  date  of  his  suspension,  under  the  provisions  of  Sec.  11 
of  this  Article,  and  in  addition  thereto  a  sum  of  not  less 
than  ten  dollars,  which  sum  shall  be  appropriated  to  what 
shall  be  known  as  the  Library  Fund,  and  used  for  no  other 
purpose  than  the  establishing  of  a  library  for  the  use  of  the 
members  of  the  Lodge,  in  accordance  with  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  the  Lodge  may  establish.  He  shall  make 
application  in  the  same  manner  and  form  as  that  prescribed 
for  admission  to  membership,  but  shall  not  be  liable  for 
any  initiation  or  degree  fees.  If  his  application  be  approved, 
he  shall  deposit  one  dollar  in  the  Beneficiary  Fund  in  the 
subordinate  lodge  ;  and  the  Recorder  shall  immediately 
notify  the  Grand  Recorder  of  his  reinstatement  and  renewal 
of  his  beneficiary  certificate.  If  rejected,  the  amounts  as 
above  specified  shall  be  returned. 

Sec.  14.  Any  member  suspended  or  expelled  from  the 
Order,  for  any  cause  whatever,  forfeits  all  claim  to  the 
Beneficiary  Fund. 

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Sec.  15.  The  Financier  of  the  subordinate  lodge  shall 
pay  over  to  the  Receiver,  each  meeting  night,  all  benefi- 
ciary moneys,  taking  his  receipt  therefor,  and  make  report 
thereof  in  writing,  which  shall  be  entered  on  the  minutes, 
which  moneys  shall  be  forwarded  by  the  Receiver  to  the 
Grand  Recorder,  according  to  the  provisions  of  Sec.  8  of 
this  Article.  Upon  the  payment  of  each  assessment  notice 
the  subordinate  lodge  shall  forward  to  the  Grand  Recorder, 
in  addition  to  the  Beneficiary  Fund,  the  sum  of  fifty  cents, 
which  shall  be  placed  in  the  Grand  Lodge  General  Fund. 


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Sec.   10.  No  ord-r  shall  he  made  by  the  Grand  Recorder 
upon  the  Beneficiary  Fund   in   the  subordinate  lodge  until 
there  is  less  than  two  thousand  dolLars  in  the  Beneficiary 
Fund  in  the   Grand  Lodge,  nor  shall  any  such   order  be 
made  except  with  the  approval  of  the  Grand   Lodge  Fi- 
nance Committee.     All  moneys  jiaid  into  the   Beneficiary 
Fund  of  the  Grand  Lodge  by  subordinate  lodges  shall  be 
forwarded   to  the  Grand   Recorder  by  draft,  payable  to  the 
Grand  Receiver,  or  otherwise  as  said  Lodge  may  determine, 
and  shall  be  immediately  turned  over  to  the  Grand  Receiver, 
who  shall,  in  all  cases,  receipt  therefor  through   the  Grand 
Recorder,   who   shall   keep    an    accurate   account    thereof. 
U|)on  the  receipt  of  the  official  notice  of  the  death  of  a 
member  entitled  to  the  Beneficiary  Fund,  the  Grand  Re- 
corder  shall   promutly  adjust  the   loss,  and   in   settlement 
thereof  shall    prepare  an   order  on    the  Grand    Receiver, 
which  shall  be  signed  by  the  G.  M.  W.  and  countersigned 
by  the  Grand  Recorder  and  the  Chairman  of  the  Finance 
Committee,  payable  to  the  party  or  partie:    entitled,    and 
forward  the  same  to  the  Recorder  of  the  subordinate  lodge 
of  which  the  deceased  was  a  member  ;    and  said  Lodge 
shall  see  that  the  same  is  properly  endorsed,  and  that  the 
beneficiary   certificate  held   by   the    deceased    is    properly 
receipted,  and  shall  take  up  and  forward  it  at  once  to  the 
Grand  Recorder,  who  shall  cancel  and  file  the  same. 

The  Grand  Recorder  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
each  month,  make  full  statement  of  all  receipts  and  dis- 
bursements of  Beneficiary  Fund  ;  the  correctness  of  which 
statement  shall  be  attested  by  the  Grand  Lodge  Finance 
Committee,  and  the  same  sent  to  each  subordinate  lodge, 
and  a  copy  thereof  sent  to  the  Supreme  Recorder. 

Sec.  17.  Any  member  holding  a  beneficiary  certificate, 


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desiring  at  any  time  to  make  a  new  direction  as  to  its  pay- 
ment, may  do  so  by  authorizing  such  change  in  writing  on 
the  back  of  liis  certificate  in  the  form  prescribed,  attested 
by  the  Recorder,  with  the  seal  of  his  subordinate  lodge 
attached,  and  bv  the  payment  lo  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
sum  of  fifty  cents. 

Sec.  18.  In  instituting  new  Lodges,  the  applications 
and  medical  examiner's  certificates  of  the  charter  members 
thereof,  shall  be  attested  and  approved  by  the  instituting 
officer,  and  in  such  cases  the  degree  of  Master  Workman 
may  be  conferred  before  the  issuance  of  beneficiary  certifi- 
cates ;  the  instituting  officer,  as  soon  as  the  Lodge  is 
organized,  forwarding  to  the  Grand  Recorder  said  applica- 
tions and  medical  examiner's  certificates  with  the  required 
fee.  Provided,  that  no  examination  shall  be  accepted 
unless  made  by  a  legally  qualified  medical  practitioner  of 
the  Province  of  Ontario. 

AR  riCLE  VIIL 


REVKNUE. 

The  assessments  for  revenue  made  by  the  Grand  Lodge 
shall   be  prescribed   from  time  to  time,  by  the  regulations 
thereof,  and  of  which  due  notice  shall  be  given  to  all  con- 
cerned.    Any  subordinate  lodge  failing  to  pay  all  assess- 
ments made  upon  it,  or  to  make  returns  as  required,    hall 
forfeit  all  right  to  representation  in  the  Grand  Lodge,  and 
the  names  of  ii-  Representatives  shall   not   be  enrolled  as 
members  of  the  Grand  L<Klge.     If  such  assessments  be  not 
paid   within   thiity  da>s  after    notice    thereof,  the    Grand 
Master  Workman  siiall  suspend  the  charter  of  such  delin- 
quent Lodge,  from  all  rights  and  privileges  of  the  Beneficiary 
Fund  and  of  the  Order,      Provided,   that   such   suspension 


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shall  not  affect  the  status  of  any  member  who  has  paid 
and  continues  to  pay  his  assessments  within  the  period 
provided  by  law. 

Said  suspension  may  be  remo\ed  at  any  time  within 
three  months,  upon  the  payment  of  all  assessments  due,  if 
in  the  opinion  of  the  Grand  Master  Workman,  the  welfare 
of  the  Order  may  so  require. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

APPEALS. 

Any  member  of  any  subordinate  lodge  under  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Grand  Lodge,  may  appeal  to  the  Grand 
Lodge  or  to  the  Grand  Master  Workman  from  the  decision 
of  such  subordinate  lodge.  Notice  in  writing  of  such 
appeal  must  be  given  to  the  Master  Workman  of  the  sub- 
ordinate lodge,  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of  such 
decision  ;  and  within  sixty  days  from  the  date  of  such 
decision,  unless  good  cause  to  the  contrary  be  shown,  not 
the  result  of  any  fault  or  negligence  on  the  part  of  the 
appellant,  he  must  file  with  the  Grand  Master  Workman 
or  the  Grand  Lodge,  a  full  transcript  of  all  the  records  and 
proceedings  had,  including  the  evidence,  if  any,  pertaining 
to  the  matter,  from  the  decision  of  which  the  appeal  is 
taken.  This  transcript  must  be  prepared  by  the  Recorder 
of  the  subordinate  lodge,  and  for  which  the  appellant  must 
pay,  in  advance,  if  required,  at  the  rate  of  ten  cents  per 
hundred  words  therein. 

.      ARTICLE  X 

ALTERATIONS    AND    AMENDMENTS. 

Alterations  and  amendments  to  this  Constitution  may  be 
made  at  any  annual  meeting  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  by  a  vote 


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of  two-thirds  of  the  entire  number  to  which  the  members 
enrolled  at  such  meeting  are  entitled. 

The  Grand  Lodge  may  adopt  such  regulations  and  gen- 
eral laws,  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  for  the  welfare  of 
the  Order,  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Con- 
stitution, and  alter,  amend,  or  abrogate  such  laws  so 
adopted. 


I 


3. 


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;h   laws    so 


I 


BY-LAWS, 


Section  1.  After  the  opening  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the 
order  of  business  shall  be  as  follows  :  viz. 

1.  Appointment  of  a  special  Committee  on  Credentials 
and  Returns. 

3.  Conferring  of  Degree  of  P.  M.  W.  and  admission  of 

members. 

?).   Reading  of  the  Record.s. 

4.  Report  of  the  Grand  Master  Workman. 

5.  Reports  of  other  Grand  Lodge  Officers. 
(3.  Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 

7.  Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

8.  Miscellaneous  Business. 

0.   Election  of  Grand  Lodge  Otftcers. 

10.  Installation  of  Officers. 

11.  Appointment  of  Committees. 

Sec.  3.  This  order  of  business  may  at  any  time  hv  sus- 
pended or  changed  by  a  two-thirds  vote. 

Sec.  3.  At  special  sessions  the  order  of  business  shall  be 
such  as  the  G.  M.  W.  may  direct. 

COMPENSATION. 

Sec.  4.  The  Grand  I  odge  Officers,  except  the  Grand 
Recorder,  Representatives  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  the 
members  of  the  Committees  on  Finance  and  Jurisprudence, 
shall  receive  three  dollars  per  diem  for  each  full  day's 
actual  attendance  upon  all  annual  and  special  communica- 
tions, and  three  cents  per  mile  for  each  mile  traveled  in 
going  to,  and  returning  from  the  same,  the  distance  to  be 


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determined  by  the  Finance  Committee  upon  the  basis  of 
the  shortest  mail  route.  Provided  :  that  no  Representa- 
tive sh"ll  receive  either  mileage  or  per  diem  unless  the 
dues  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Lodge  Avhich  he  represents 
shall  previously  have  been  paid  or  remitted. 

Sec.  5.  When,  under  any  circumstances,  it  should  be  ac- 
tually necessary  for  the  Grand  Master  to  visit  a  lodge,  he 
shall  receive  the  sum  of  three  dollars  per  day,  and  three 
cents  per  mile  for  actual  travel. 

Sec.  6.  The  Grand  Recorder  shall  receive  an  annual 
salary  of  (said  salary  to  be  fixed  at  each  annual  session) 
and  mileage  at  the  rate  fixed  in  the  preceding  section  for 
actual  attendance  at  the  sessions  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Sec.  7.  The  Officers,  and  members  of  Standing  and 
Special  Committees,  when  convened  by  the  Grand  Master 
Workman,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  mileage  and  per  diem 
at  the  rate  fixed  by  Section  4,  for  actual  attendance. 


GRAND  LODGE  REVENUES. 

Sec.  8.  The  Revenues  of  this  Grand  Lodge  shall  be  de- 
rived as  may  be  otherwise  provided  in  these  By-Laws  and 
from  the  following  sources  : 

First.  For  every  charter  to  form  a  new  lodge,  the  peti- 
tioning members  shall  deliver  to  the  Grand  Master  Work- 
man, to  be  by  him  delivered  to  the  Grand  Recorder,  a  draft 
for  one  hundred  dollars,  payable  to  the  order  of  said  Grand 
Recorder. 

Second.  For  every  dispensation,  after  the  first,  the  sum 
of  fifty  cents. 

Third.  For  each  Beneficial  Certificate,  the  sum  of  one 
dollar. 

Fourth.  Each  chartered  lodge  in  the  jurisdiction  shall 


-§ 


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le  basis  of 
epresenta- 
unless  the 
represents 

mid  be  ac- 
.  lodge,  he 
and  three 

an  annual 
al  session) 
;ection  for 
odge. 
nding  and 
id  Master 
J  per  diem 
ice. 


lall  be  de- 
Laws  and 

,  the  peti- 
:er  Work- 
ier,  a  draft 
aid  Grand 

t,  the  sum 

im  of  one 

tion  shall 


pay  to  the  Grand  Lodge  semi-annually  as  dues,  twenty-five 
cents  per  capita  tax  for  every  member  on  the  roll. 

Sec.  9.  All  moneys  received  by  any  person  for  the  use  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  for  certificates,  blanks,  supplies  and  from 
any  other  source,  shall  be  accounted  for  to  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  paid  to  the  Grand  Recorder,  and  by  him  turned 
over  to  the  Grand  Receiver. 

CHARTERED  LODGES. 

Sec.  10.  No  lodge  chartered  by  this  Grand  Lodge  shall 
proceed  to  work,  until  the  election  and  installation  of  its 
officers. 

Sec.  11.  All  lodges  in  this  jurisdiction  shall  provide 
working  tools,  furniture  and  clothing,  and  keep  their  lodge 
rooms  at  all  times  secure  and  in  good  order. 

BOOKS  AND  accounts. 
^  Sec.  13.  The  books,  accounts  and  reports  of  lodges  in 
this  jurisdiction,  shall  cover  and  include  two  terms  or  pe- 
riods of  six  months  in  each  year,  the  first  to  commence 
January  first  and  end  with  June  thirtieth,  and  the  second 
to  commence  July  first  and  end  with  December  thirty-first, 
and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Recorder  of  each  lodge  to 
make  semi-annual  reports  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  at  the  close 
of  each  of  said  terms,  of  the  names  of  those  elected  to  and 
who  have  received  the  three  degrees  during  the  term  ;  the 
names  of  brothers  admitted  by  card,  suspended  or  expelled, 
and  the  cause  of  such  suspension  or  expulsion  ;  the  number 
rejected  and  deceased  ;  a  list  of  all  brothers  relieved,  with 
the  amount  paid  for  that  purpose  ;  the  amount  of  receipts, 
specifying  the  source  and  fund  ;  the  total  amount  on  hand 
and  invested  ;  the  result  of  the  election  of  officers,  and  the 
names  of  the  officers  ;  and  shall  attach  to  each  annual  re- 


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port  duplicate  certificates,  showing  who  are  entitled  to  re- 
ceive the  degree  of  P.  M.  W.,  and  who  has  been  elected  as 
Representative  to  the  next  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge. 
Such  reports  shall  be  signed  by  the  Recorder,  and  attested 
by  the  jM.  W.,  with  seal  of  the  lodge  attached,  and  with 
the  order  for  the  per  capita  tax  shall  be  delivered  to  the 
installing  officer  previous  to  tht  installation  of  the  officers 
for  the  succeeding  term  ;  provided  that  in  cases  where 
lodge  officers  are  elected  for  one  year,  said  report  for  the 
term  ending  June  thirtieth,  with  the  amount  of  the  per 
capita  tax,  shall  be  delivered  to  the  G.  M.  W.  or  his  deputy 
on  or  before  the  first  stated  meeting  in  July  following. 


1U)NDS. 

Sfx\  18.  '1  he  G.  M.  Workman,  Grand  Recorder  and 
Grand  Receiver,  shall  each  give  bonds,  with  sufficient  sure- 
ties, to  the  Grand  Lodge,  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dol- 
lars, before  they  enter  upon  the  discharge  of  their  duties. 

Sec.  14.  Said  bonds  to  be  procured  of  the  Canada 
Guarantee  Co.,  so  long  as  said  Company's  bonds  shall  be 
approved  by  said  Grand  Lodge,  and  expense  of  same  shall 
be  paid  by  Grand  Lodge.  Each  constituent  lodge  shall 
require  its  Financier,  Receiver  and  Trustees  to  give  bonds, 
with  sufficient  sureties,  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  to  be  approved 
by  the  M.  W.,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  respec- 
tive duties. 

The  bonds  of  officers  shall  hereafter  contain  the  follow- 
ing clause.  "  The  Beneficiary  Fund  which  may  come  into 
my  hands,  shall  be  preserved  by  me  intact,  and  paid  over 
by  me  as  the  law  of  the  Order  directs,  and  in  no  case  shall 
any  claim  which  I  may  have  against  the  Order,  be  settled 
or  pleaded  as  an  offset  against  the  collection  from  me  of 
any  of  said  fund,  by  suit  on  this  bond." 


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titled  to  re- 
n  elected  as 
and  Lodge, 
md  attested 
:d,  and  with 
ered   to  the 

the  officers 
cases  where 
port   for  the 

of  the  per 
ir  his  deputy 
lowing. 


ecorder  and 
fficient  sure- 
lousand  dol- 
their  duties, 
the  Canada 
ids  shall  be 
)f  same  shall 
lodge  shall 
>  give  bonds, 
be  approved 
their  respec- 

1  the  foUow- 
ly  come  into 
id  paid  over 
no  case  shall 
tY,  be  settled 
from  me  of 


Sec.  15.  Any  lodge  in  this  jurisdiction  that  is  authorized 
to  conduct  its  business  and  confer  degrees  in  a  foreign  lan- 
guage, shall  make  no  change  or  modihcation  in  the  work, 
lectures  or  charges,  and  is  required  to  make  all  reports  and 
returns  to  the  Grand  Lodge  in  the  English  language. 

Si:c.  10.  If  any  lodge  in  this  jurisdiction  shall  cease  to 
exist,  the  last  ^L  \V.  or  G.  F.  shall,  within  sixty  days  there- 
after, transmit  to  the  Recorder  all  the  books,  papers,  jewels, 
furniture,  funds  and  other  properly,  or  evidences  thereof  of 
the  lodge  so  ceasing  to  exist. 

Sec  17.  No  lodge  shall  surrender  its  charter  without  the 
consent  of  this  Grand  Lodge  or  of  the  G.  M.  \V.,  so  long 
as  there  are  seven  M.  W.  meml^ers  thereof  who  desire  to 
work  under  s  ud  charter,  according  to  the  laws  and  rules  of 
this  Grand  Lodge. 

Sec,  is.  Whenever  the  charter  of  a  lodge  shall  in  any 
manner  be  destroyed,  or  shall  beco.iie  so  defaced  and  illeg- 
ible as  to  be  unht  for  use,  or  shall  be  stolen  or  surrepti- 
tiously taken  and  detained  without  the  fault  of  the  lodge 
or  M.  W..  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  G.  M.  W.  to  suspend 
its  pov/ers,  and  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  G.  M.  W.  to  order 
another  charter  to  be  issued  to  said  lodge,  which  charter 
'  -"■"■  the  same  name  and  number,  setting  forth  the 
na...  .  rhe  members  and  officers  named  in  the  first  char- 
ter, L  vv.  thereof,  the  names  of  the  Grand  Officers  at- 
tached thereto,  and  the  reasons  for  granting  the  same, 
which  shall  be  signed  by  the  G.  M.  W.,  and  attested  by 
the  Grand  Recorder,  under  the  seal  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
without  fee. 

MEMBERSHIP. 
Sec.  18.   No  person  shall  be  admitted  to  membership  in 
any  lodge  in  this  jurisdiction,  unless  he  be  a  white  male,  of 


8d 

the  full  age  of  twenty-one,  and  under  Hfty  years,  (that 
■  is,  not  having  attained  his  olst  birth  day)  ;  of  good,  mornl 
character,  able  and  competent  to  earn  a  livelihood  for  him- 
self and  family,  and  a  believer  in  a  Supreme  Being,  the 
Creator  and  Preserver  of  the  Universe. 

Sec.  19.  Applications  for  membership  shall  be  made  in 
writing,  and  signed  by  the  applicant,  stating  his  age,  occu- 
pation  and  residence  ;    and   the  applicant  must  be  rcom- 
■mended  bv  tu-o  members  of  the  Lodge  in  good  standing. 
Each  application  must  be  accompanied  with  the  sum  of  not 
less  than  tliree  dollars,  and  the  certificate  of  a  regular  phy- 
sician, in  manner  and  form  as  directed  by  the  Grand  Lodge. 
The  application  shall  be  read  at  a  stated  meeting  of  the 
lodge,  entered  on  the  minutes,  and  referred  to  a  committee 
of  three,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  inquire  and  report  at  the 
next  stated  meeting  of  the  lodge,  as  to  the  character  and 
fitness  of  the  applicant  to  become  a  member.    If  the  report 
be  favorable,  the  applicant  shall  be  balloted  for.     If  the 
report  be  unfavorable,  he  shall  be  declared  rejected.     If  a 
ballot  is  taken  and  the  balls  are  all  white,  or  only  one  black 
ball  appears,  the  applicant  shall  be  declared  elected.     If 
there  shall  appear  two  or  more  black  balls,  the  applicant 
shall  be  declared  rejected,  and  no  other  balloting  for  the 
same  applicant  shall  take  place  for  the  space  of  six  months 
thereafter. 

Sec.  20,  Should  an  applicant  be  rejected,  the  proposition 
fee  shall  be  returned  immediately  to  the  member  by  whom 
he  was  proposed,  and  the  Grand  Recorder  shall  be  immedi- 
ately  notified  of  such  rejection.  An  applicant  who  has 
been  elected  shall  be  notified  of  his  election  by  the  Re- 
corder within  six  days  thereafter,  and  should  he  fail  or  ne- 
glect to  present  himself  for  iniHation  or  admission  for  four  ' 


years,    (that 

good,  mornl 

lood  for  him- 

e  Being,  the 

be  made  in 
is  age,  occu- 
ist  be  rcom- 
od  standing, 
e  sum  of  not 
regular  phy- 
rand  Lodge. 
!eting  of  the 
a  committee 
report  at  the 
aracter  and 
[f  the  report 
for.     If  the 
scted.     If  a 
ly  one  black 
elecied.     If 
e  applicant 
:ing  for  the 

six  months 

proposition 
;r  by  whom 
be  immedi- 
it  who  has 
by  the  Re- 
;  fail  or  ne- 
on for  four 


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stated  meetings  of  the  lodge,  after  being  dulv  notified  of 
h.s  elect.on  (unless  prevented   by  sickness  or'  some  other 
unavoidable  occurrence),  he  shall  forfeit  his  proposition  fee. 
^        Skc.  21    The  stated  meetings  of  each  lodge  shall  be  held 
each  week  (unless   special   permission   ,,e  granted   bv  the 
Grand   Lodge  or  Grand   Master  Workman   to  meet  'semi- 
monthly),  at  the  place  and  on  the  day  it  .hall  appoint,  with 
the  approval  of  the  Grand  Lod^^e,  and  shall  not  be  changed 
without  such  approval  ;  the  hour  of  meeting  shall   be  pre- 
scribed  in  the  Uy-Laws. 

Sec.  23.  Seven  members,  including  either  the  Master 
Workman.  Foreman  or  Past  Master  Workman,  shall  con- 
stitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business.  The 
lodge  shall  be  opened  at  the  time  prescribed  by  the  By- 
Laws,  if  a  quorum  be  present. 

INITIATION  FEK. 

Sec  -^S.  The  initiation  fee,  and  fees  for  conferrin,;  the 
several  degree.,  .hall  be  such  an  an,ount  as  shall  be  pre 
scnbed  by  the  By-Lau.  of  the  lod^e,  but  in  uo  case  sLall 
.t  be  less  than  five  dollars  for  initiation,  t^vo  dollars  for  the 

Un  .'he'r  vrw'"""'"''  '"'■  ""  "■  "  •  ''^S.ee  ;  provided, 
that  the  G.  M.  W.  may  yrant  a  dispensation  to  a  lodge  to 
confer  the  degrees  for  a  stated  period  for  a  sum  not  less 
than  five  dollars. 

SEC.  24  E.ach  menrber.  upon  making  application  for  the 
the  th.rd  (or  M.  W.'s)  degree,  shall  conform  to  all  the  re 
qu.re,,,ents  set  forth  in  the  Beneliciary  article  governing 
subord,n.ate  lodges.  And  no  nrember  shall  be  advanced  to 
the  thn-d  (or  M.  W.'s)  degree  until  each  and  all  of  ,a,d  re- 
qnirements  have  been  fully  complied  with 
3 


;i4 


DEOREKS. 

Sec.  35.  The  several  clei»rees  of  the  Order  may  be  con- 
ferretl  at  the  stated  meetings  of  the  lodge,  and  not  mt)re 
than  one  degree  shall  he  conferred  on  any  member  at  the 
same  meeting,  without  authority,  by  a  dispensation,  for 
each  additional  degree  conferred. 

Sec.  *^(I.  Any  Junior  or  Senior  Wr  rkman  of  good  stand- 
ing in  the  lodge,  desirous  of  being  advanced,  shall  cause  an 
a[)[)lication  to  be  made  for  his  advancement,  at  a  stated 
meeting  of  the  lodge,  when  a  ballot  shall  l)e  taken,  if  called 
for,  and  if  the  balls  he  all  white,  or  n"t  more  than  two 
black  balls  shall  ap[jcar,  his  application  shall  be  granted  ; 
if  more  than  two  black  balls  shall  appear,  his  api)Iicalion 
shall  Ije  rejected,  and  another  application  shall  not  be  en- 
tertained for  the  same  member,  for  the  si)ace  ol' six  months 
thereat  ler. 


OFFICERS. 

Sec.  27.  The  officers  of  each  lodge  shall  be  a  Master 
Workman,  Foreman,  Overseer,  Recorder,  Receiver,  Finan- 
cier, Guide,  and  In>ide  and  Outside  Watchman,  who  shall, 
with  their  own  consent,  be  elected  semi-annually,  t>y  sepa- 
rate ballot,  at  the  last  stated  meetings  in  the  months  of 
June  and  December.  Tlie  retiring  M.  W.  shall  take  the 
chair  of  the  P.  M.  W.,  except  at  the  institution  of  a  new 
lodge,  when  the  1'.  M.  W.  sliall  b'-  elected.  There  slinl! 
also  be  three  I'rustees,  one  of  whom  shall  l.)e  elected  to 
serve  for  the  term  of  tighteeu  months,  in  such  manner  as 
to  have  two  remaining  over  at  each  election. 

Sec.  28.  To  qualify  a  member  for  the  otTice  of  Master 
Workman,  h(^  niust  have  served  one  term  in  sc.inie  suboidi- 
rate  office. 


85 


nay  be  con- 
1(1  not  iiiore 
inbcr  at  tlie 
iisation,    for 

good  stand- 
lull  cause  an 
at  a  stated 
.<en,  if  called 
re  than  two 
he  granted  ; 
I  a]-)i)licalion 
1  not  he  en- 
i  six  months 


be  a  Master 
eiver,  Finan- 
[\,  who  shall, 
dly,  t>y  sepa- 
le  months  of 
lall  take  the 
ion  (jf  a  new 
There  shall 
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h  manner  as 

ce  of  Master 
ime   subor(n- 


NOMINATIONS. 

Skc.  2i).  Nominations  for  candidates  for  elective  oftlces 
shall  he  made  at  the  stated  meeting  immediately  preceding 
the  election,  and  the  presiding  officer  shall  not  close  the 
nominations  until  every  mend^er  present  has  had  an  oppor- 
tuidly  to  speak.  A  member  who  is  duly  qualified  may  be 
nominated  though  he  be  absent  from  tlie  meeting. 

Skc.  ;jO.  \o  nominations  for  any  otfice  shall  be  made  on 
the  night  of  the  election,  unless  a  maj.,rity  of  the  lodge 
c..n>ent  th-.reto  ;  and  votes  polle.l  for  members  who  have 
not  been  duly  nominated,  shall  be  cancelled  by  the  tellers. 

Kr.Kcrioxs, 
Sf.C.  ;{1.  When  an  election  i>  held  for  any  officer  or  offi- 
cers, the  presitling  officer  shall  act  as  a  judge,  and  shall 
appoint  two  memhers  who  have  received  the  Master  Work- 
man's  degree,  to  act  as  tellers,  who  shall  assist  in  conduct- 
ing the  election  in  a  just  and  impaitial  manner;  they  shall 
ketp  a  register  of  all  votes  polled,  and  should  it  appear 
thai  liiere  have  been  more  ^•oles  polled  than  there  are  le- 
gally qualified  voters  present,  the  presiding  officer  shall  de- 
Clare  the  ballot  illegal  and  void,  and  direct  another  ballot 
to  be  taken  immediately  ;  each  member  voting  shall  hand 
his  ticket  to  the  tellers,  giving  his  name,  and  the  teller  shall 
deposit  it  in  the  poll. 

m:c.  :j'3.  Incase  there  are  two  or  more  candidates  for 
the  same  office,  neither  of  whom  have  received  a  majority 
ot  all  the  valid  votes  cast  for  that  office,  the  candidate  who 
received  the  lowest  number  of  votes  shall  be  withdrawn, 
and  another  Ijallot  taken,  continuing  in  like  manner  until 
an  election  is  had.  The  Financier  sliall  furnish  tlie  tellers 
With  a  list  of  all  members  in  good  standing  in  the  lodge, 
who  are  entitled  to  vote. 


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INSTALLATION. 

Sec.  33.  Officers  of  the  Lodge  who  have  been  duly 
elected  shall  be  installed  at  the  first  stated  meeting  in  the 
months  of  July  and  January,  unless  when  a  vacancy  is 
filled  or  a  Lodge  instituted,  in  which  case  the  installation 
shall  take  place  immediately  after  the  election  or  institu- 
tion ;  and  any  officer  who  has  been  duly  elected,  and  noti- 
fied thereof,  faiUng  to  present  himself  for  installation 
(unless  prevented  by  sickness  or  other  unavoidable  occur- 
rence), the  office  to  which  he  has  been  elected  may  be 
declared  vacant  by  the  installing  officer,  and  another  elec- 
tion ordered  forthwith  to  fill  the  vacancy. 

DUTIES   OF   OFFICERS. 

Skc.  34.  The  Master  Workman  shall  preside  at  all 
meetings  of  the  Lodge,  preserve  order  therein,  and  enforce 
the  laws,  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Order  ;  decide  all 
questions  of  order  (subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  Lodge),  act 
as  judge  of  all  elections,  and  declare  the  result  to  the  Lodge; 
he  shall  appoint  all  committees,  unless  otherwise  ordered 
by  the  Lodge ;  he  shall  sign  all  orders  on  the  Receiver  for 
such  moneys  as  may  be  ordered  by  a  vote  of  the  Lodge  to 
be  paid  ;  he  shall  not  be  entitled  to  vote,  except  on  the 
election  of  officers,  or  ^.n  balloting  for  candidates  ;  and 
when  the  members  are  equally  divided  on  any  question,  he 
shall  have  the  casting  vote  ;  he  shall  open  and  close  the 
Lodge  in  due  form  ;  he  shall  call  special  meetings  of  the 
Lodge  when  requested  so  to  do  by  seven  members,  in 
writing  ;  on  the  night  of  his  installation  he  shall  appoint 
three  members  in  good  standing  in  the  Lodge  to  serve  as  a 
Business  Committee,  and  at  the  last  stated  meetings  in 
June  and  December  he  shall  appoint  an  Auditing. Commit- 


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tee, which  shall  consist  of  three  members  in  good  standing, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  audit  the  books  and  examine  the 
acco  nts  of  the  Recorder,  Financier,  and  Receiver,  and 
make  their  reports,  in  writing,  at  the  next  stated  meeting. 
He  shall  also  perform  such  other  duties  appertaining  to  his 
office  as  are  enjoined  by  the  laws,  rules  and  regulations  of 
the  Order. 

Sec.  35.  The  Foreman  shall  assist  the  Master  Workman 
in  preserving  order,  aid  him  in  conducting  the  ceremonies, 
have  charge  of  the  inner  door,  and,  in  the  absence  of  the 
Master  Workman,  shall  preside  in  his  stead,  and  perform 
such  other  duties  as  are  enjoined  by  the  laws,  rules  and 
regulations  of  the  Order.  In  case  of  the  death,  resignation 
or  inability  of  the  Master  Workman  to  serve,  he  shall  fill 
his  term,  at  the  expiration  of  which  he  shall  be  entitled  to 
all  the  honors  of  Past  Master  Workman. 

Sec.  36.  The  Past  Master  Workman  shall  assist  in  con- 
ducting the  ceremonies,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as 
are  enjoined  by  the  laws,  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
Order. 

Sec.  37.  The  Overseer  shall  perform  such  duties  as  are 
required  of  him  by  the  laws,  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
Order,  and,  in  the  absence  of  the  Foreman,  shall  fill  his 
place. 

Sec.  38.  The  JRecorder  shall  keep  accurate  minutes  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  Lodge,  which  he  shall  record  in  a 
book  provided  for  that  purpose  ;  he  shall  attest  all  orders 
drawn  on  the  Receiver,  make  out  the  semi-annual  report 
of  the  work  and  business  of  the  Lodge  for  the  Grand 
Lodge,  forward  the  same  to  the  Grand  Recorder,  properly 
signed  and  attested,  with  the  seal  of  the  Lodge  attached  ; 
he  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  each  month,  notify 


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the  Grand  Recorder  of  all  rejections  of  candidates  and 
expulsions  of  membeis— of  the  suspending,  annulling  or 
cancelling  of  beneficiary  certificates,  or  re-instatements  of 
the  same,  and  of  the  date  of  countersigning  and  recording 
beneficiary  certificates  of  members  admitted  during  the 
preceding  month  ;  he  shall  conduct  the  correspondence 
and  have  charge  of  the  seal  and  records  of  the  Lodge  ;  he 
shall  notify  all  applicants  who  have  been  elected  to  mem- 
bership ;  he  shall  notify  the  Grand  Recorder  of  all  trans- 
fers of  membership  into  or  out  of  the  Lodge  ;  and  shall 
-perform  such  other  duties  as  are  required  of  him  in  the 
Article  on  Beneficiary  Fund,  and  as  are  enjoined  l)y  the 
laws,  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Order. 

Sec.  39.  The  Receiver  shall  .receive  from  the  Financier 
all  moneys  received  for  the  lodge,  giving  his  receipt  there- 
for ;  pay  all  orders  drawn  on  him  by  the  Master  Workman, 
attested  l)y  the  Recorder.  He  shall  keep  a  regular  and 
correct  account  of  all  moneys  received  and  paid  by  him. 
He  shall  keep  a  se])arate  and  distinct  account  of  the  Bene- 
ficiary Fund,  and  shall,  immediately  upon  the  receipt  of 
notice  through  the  lodge  from  the  Grand  Recorder,  forward 
a  draft,  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Grand  Receiver,  or 
otherwise  as  the  lodge  may  determine,  for  the  amount  of 
the  Beneficiary  Fund  ;  a  receijJt  from  the  Grand  Receiver 
through  the  Grand  Recorder  for  the  fund  so  forwarded,  and 
excess  required  on  each  assessment,  shall  t)e  his  voucher  to 
the  lo'lge.  When  two  or  more  notices  are  received  l)y  the 
lodge  at  the  same  time,  he  shall  forward  in  accordance  with 
the  Article  on  the  Beneficiary  Fund.  He  shall  have  his 
accounts  ready  for  settlement  on   the  last  stated  meetings 

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papers  and  vouchers  in  his  hands.  Before  entering  on  the 
duties  of  his  office,  he  s-hall  give  to  the  Grand  Lodge  his 
bond,  with  approved  security,  for  such  amount  as  the  lodge 
may  deem  satisfactory,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his 
duty. 

Sec.  40.  The  Financier  shall  keep  a  full  and  correct  ac- 
count between  the  lodge  and  each  member  ;  receive  all 
moneys  for  the  lodge,  and  pay  the  same  to  the  Receiver 
before  the  close  of  each  meeting,  taking  his  receipt  there- 
for ;  he  shall  notify  all  members  in  arrears  to  the  amount 
of  three  months'  dues,  and  when  a  member  is  in  arrears  to 
the  amount  of  six  months'  dues,  he  shall  notify  the  Master 
Workman  of  the  fact  ;  he  shall  at  the  time  of  the  election 
of  officers,  furnish  the  Master  Workman  with  a  list  of  mem-, 
bers  of  the  lodge  in  good  standing  and  entitled  to  vote  ;  he 
shall  make  out  the  semi-annual  returns  of  the  finances  of 
the  lodge  ;  he  shall  make  out  the  report  for  the  semi-annual 
tax  due  by  the  lodge  to  the  Grand  Lodge  ;  he  shall  perform 
such  duties  as  are  required  of  him  in  the  Article  on  Bene- 
ficiary Fund,  and  at  the  end  of  each  term  he  shall  furnish 
the  Recorder  with  a  list  of  all  members,  and  their  stand- 
ing in  the  lodge  ;  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  are  re- 
quired by  the  Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  Order. 
He  shall  give  bonds  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  in  such  sum  as 
the  lodge  may  deem  necessary,  for  the  faithful  performance 
of  his  duties. 

Sec.  4L  The  Guide  shall  have  charge  of  the  regalia  and 
other  properties  of  the  lodge,  and  perform  such  other  du- 
ties as  pertain  to  his  office. 

Sec.  42.  The  W^'^tchmen  shall  perform  such  duties  as 
are  required  of  them  by  the  Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations 
of  the  Order. 


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Sec.  4;l  The  Trustees  shall  have  the  general  supervision 
of  the  land  and  other  property  of  the  lodge  ;  they  shall  in- 
vest in  such  securities  as  the  lodge  may  direct,  such  sums 
as  are  ordered  to  be  drawn  from  the  Receiver  for  that  pur- 
pose,  and  deposit  the  vouchers  with  the  Receiver;  they  shall 
have  the   custody  of  all  securities  of  the  lodge  for  money 
loaned  or  invested  ;  they  shall  collect  or  realize  all  such 
sums  when  so  directed  by  the  lodge  ;  they  ^hall  collect  all 
interest,  rents,  and   other  moneys  arising  from  all   invest- 
ments belonging  to  the  lodge,  and  pay  the  moneys  collecied 
by  them   to  the   Financier;  they  shall,  at  the  last  stated 
meeting  at  the  close  of  every  term,  report  their  transac- 
tions to  the  lodge,  and  make  an  inventory  of  all  properties 
of   the  lodge.     Before  entering  upon  the  duties  of   th.ir 
office,  they  shall  each  give  bonds  to  the  Grand  Lodge  with 
approved  security,  for  such  sum  as  the  lodge  may  require, 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties. 

Sec.  44.  The  Business  Committee  shall  serve  for  the 
term  of  six  months,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  corres- 
pond with  the  different  lodges,  to  ascertain  whether  mem- 
bers are  out  of  employment,  and  where  vacancies  are  to  be 
filled  ;  to  do  all  in  their  power  to  find  employment  for 
those  who  are  without  it  ;  they  shall  report  weekly  to  the 
lodge  all  such  vacancies,  and  members  of  the  Order  who 
are  out  of  employment  ;  also,  the  members  for  wh(;m  they 
have  procured  employment  during  the  week.  All  members 
who  are  out  of,  and  desire  employment,  should  notify  the 
Busi  ess  Committee  to  that  effect. 

Sec.  45.  The  Master  Workman.  Foreman  and  Overseer 
shall  constitute  ihe  Relief  Committee,  of  which  the  Master 
Workman  shall  be  the  Chairman.  Their  duty  shall  be  to 
visit  sick  and  disabled  members  of  the  lodge,  and  report  at 


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each  stated  meeting  the  condition  of  such  members,  and 
in  such  cases  as  they  may  deem  necessary,  they  may  sug- 
gest to  the  lodge  such  pecuniary  assistance  as  they  beheve 
is  needed.  Each  member  of  the  lodge,  previous  to  the 
stated  meeting  of  the  lodge,  shall  be  subject  to  the  orders 
of  the  Master  Workman  in  attending  to  sick  or  disabled 
members,  and  should  any  member  fail  or  neglect  to  perform 
such  duty,  having  been  notified  by  the  Master  Workman, 
he  shall,  for  each  neglect  or  failure,  be  fined  a  sum  not  less 
than  one  dollar. 

Sec.  46.  Each  member  of  the  lodge  shall  pay  into 
the  funds  thereof,  as  dues,  such  sums  as  shall  be  prescribed 
by  lie  By-Laws  of  the  lodge,  to  commence  with  the  date 
of  his  receiving  the  third  (or  M.  W.'s)  degree. 

Sec.  47.  Any  member  who  neglects  or  refuses  to  pay  the 
dues  as  fixed  by  the  By-Laws  of  the  lodge,  for  the  period 
of  three  months,  shall  not  be  entitled  to  vote,  and  shall  be 
disqualified  from  holding  office.  And  if  neglecting  or  re- 
fusing  to  pay  for  the  period  of  six  months,  he  shall  be  re- 
ported to  the  lodge  by  the  Financier,  and  the  Master  Work- 
man  shall,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  lodge,  there- 
upon declare  such  member  suspended  from  the  Order. 

Sec  48    Any  member  who  has  been  suspended  from  all 
the  benefits  and  privileges  of  the  Order  by  reason  of  non- 
payment of  dues,  or  arrearages  of  Beneficiary  Fund,  apply- 
ing to  be  reinstated,  shall  pay  the  amount  he  was  in  arrears 
at  the  date  of  his  suspension,  and  shall   conform  to  all  re- 
qui.ements  of  the  article  of  the  Constitution  on  Beneficiary 
Fund.     He  shall  apply  in  writing  to  be  reinstated,  whicn 
applM-ation  «hn11  be  referred  to  a  committee  of  three,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  investigate  his  character  and  fitness  lor 
membership,  and  report  their  opinion  in  writing,  at  a  sub- 


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sequent  meeting  of  the  lodge  ;  whereupon  a  ballot  shall  be 
taken  under  the  same  rules  and  restrictions  as  upon  the 
first  application  for  membership.  If  rejected,  the  afore- 
said amount  of  arrearages  shall  be  returned. 

Sec.  41).  Any  member  who  has  been  indefinitely  sus- 
pended or  expelled  by  the  lodge  (except  for  non-payment 
of  dues  or  assessments),  shall  not  be  restored  to  mer^.lf^r- 
ship  except  by  permission  from  the  Grand  Lodge,  '•.  \  "- 
case  the  Grand  Lodge  is  not  in  session,  by  permission  of 
the  Grand  Master  Workman.  He  shall  also  comply  with 
all  the  requirements  of  vSec.  47  of  these  By-Laws. 

BENEFITS. 

Sec.  50.  Any  member  of  the  lodge  entitled  to  benefits 
by  the  provisions  of  the  By-Laws  of  the  lodge,  who,  through 
sickness  or  other  disability,  is  unable  to  follow  his  usual 
business,  or  some  other  occupation,  shall  be  considered  a 
beneficiary  member,  entitled  to  receive  such  weekly  bene- 
fits as  the  By-Laws  prescribe  ;  provided,  that  such  member 
is  not  in  arrears  to  the  Lodge  to  the  amount  of  three  months' 
dues,  and  that  he  is  a  member  of  the  Master  Workman's  de- 
gree, and  that  his  sickness  or  disability  is  not  of  a  permanent 
character,  or  such  as  does  not  prevent  other  men,  simil.  ily 
afflicted,  from  pursuing  their  avocations  ;  and  provided  that 
his  sickness  or  disability  has  not  originated  from  intemper- 
ance.  vicious  or  immoral  conduct ;  and  provided  he  is  not 
disabled  by  any  disease  or  infirmity  by  which  he  was 
afflicted  previous  to  his  initiation  into  the  lodge  ;  and  pro- 
vided that  the  lodge  may  reduce  the  benefits  for  a  sick 
brother  fifty  per  cent.,  if  the  lodo-e  has  been  nayii-io-  him 
sick  benefits  for  the  space  of  six  months.  Any  member  who 
shall  be   taken   sick   or  disabled,  while  in   arrears  to  the 


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amount  of  three  months'  dues,  cannot,  by  payment  of  his 
arrearages,  become  beneficial  during  such  sickness;  nor 
can  a  brother  vvliile  receiving  benefits  from  the  lodge  be- 
come in  arrears,  so  as  to  debar  him  from  them,  the  Ma>5ler 
Workman  being  autliorized  to  pay  the  Financier  from  the 
amount  drawn  for  his  weekly  benefits,  a  sum  sufficient  to 
prevent  his  becoming  in  arrears  to  the  lodge  to  the  amount 
ot  three  months'  dues  ;  nor  shall  a  member  be  entitled  to 
the  weekly  benefits  while  charges  are  pending  against  him, 
under  the  penal  provisions  of  the  laws  ;  but,  if  after  due 
trial,  he  shall  be  acquitted  or  exonerated,  he  may  claim 
benefits  for  the  time. 


REMOVALS  AND  VACANCIES. 

Sec.  51.  If  any  officer  shall  absent  himself  from  three 
successive  stated  meetings  of  the  lodge  (unless  prevented 
by  sickness  or  some  other  unavoidable  cause),  the  Master 
Workman  may  declare  his  office  vacant. 

Sec.  52.  Any  officer  may  be  removed  for  inattention  to 
his  duties,  or  conduct  unbecoming  an  officer  of  the  Order  ; 
and  vacancies  occurring  by  reason  of  death,  resignation  or 
otherwise,  shall  be  filled  in  the  manner  of  the  original  se- 
lection, to  serve  the  remainder  of  the  term  ;  but  in  case  of 
a  vacancy  in  office,  nominations,  election  and  installation 
may  take  place  at  the  same  meeting  of  the  Lodge. 

Sec.  53.  Every  officer  against  whom  charges  are  prefer- 
red shall  have  a  fair  and  impartial  trial,  in  accordance  with 
the  laws,  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Order,  and  unless 
otherwise  ordered  by  the  lodge,  he  shall  officiate  until  the 
charges  preferred  against  him  shall  have  been  determined. 

DISPUTES   AND   GRIEVANCES. 

Sec.  54.  Any  member  of  the  lodge  between  whom  may 


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arise  any  disputes,  difficulties,  or  grievances,  may  specify 
the  same  to  the  presiding  officer,  in  writing,  who   shall  ap- 
point  a  committee  of  three  members  who  have  attained  the 
M.    W.    degree,    whose  duty  it   shall   be   to  examine   the 
parties,  their  proofs  and  witnesses,  fairly  and  impartially 
and   report   their  decision  to  him  ;  he  shall  communicate 
the  same  to  the  parties  concerned,  when,  should  the  dissat- 
isfaction continue,  the  whole  matter  shall  be  brought  before 
the  Lodge,  and  undergo  a  regular  form  of  trial :  provided 
however,  that  a  member  having  alleged  a  dispute,  difficulty 
or  grievance,  against  another,  which  shall  be  proved  false 
or  malicious,  he  shall  for  the  first  offense,  be  fined  in  a  sum 
not  less  than  three  dollars,  and  fr-  the  second  offense  be 
suspended  as  a  dangerous  disturber  of  the  peace  and  har- 
mony  of  the  lodge,  in   accordance  with   the   Laws,  Rules 
and  Regulations  of  the  Order. 

CHARGES   AND    TRIAL. 

Sec  55.  In  all  cases  of  charges  or  complaints  against 
any  officer  or  member  of  the  lodge,  for  violation  of  any  law 
or  requirement  of  the  lodge  or  the  Order,  or  for  improper 
or  immoral  conduct,  the  case  shall  be  proceeded  with  and 
trial  had  in  the  manner  and  foim  prescribed  by  the  general 
laws  of  the  Order.  /         g        *ii 

Sec.  56.  Should  any  officer  or  member  be  found  guilty 
of  any  charge,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  lodge  to  prescribe 
the  punishment ;  provided,  that  to  remove  an  officer  or  sus- 
pend  a  membei,  shall  require  a  two-thirds  vote. 

OFFICIAL   SEAL. 

Sec.  57.  The  Lodge  shall  have  an  official  seal  with  ap- 
propriate  devices,  which  shall  be  affixed  to  all  official  docu- 
ments  and  papers  issued  by  and   under  authority  of  the 


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Lodge,  an  impression  of  which  shall  be  deposited  in   the 
office  of  the  Grand  Recorder. 

OF   RY-LAWS. 

Sec.  58.  By-Laws  in  conformity  with  the  Constitution 
and  By-Laws  of  this  Grand  Lodge  may  be  made,  and  from 
time  to  time  altered  or  amended,  by  submitting  the  same  to 
the  Lodge  in  writing,  signed  by  two  members  of  the  M.W. 
degree,  and  having  them  read  at  two  stated  meetings  of  the 
Lodge,  previous  to  being  acted  upon,  when  by  a  two-thirds 
vote,  they  shall  be  adopted  ;  provided,  they  do  not  conflict 
with  the  laws  or  Constitution  of  the  Supreme  Lodge,  or  the 
By-Laws  and  Constitution  of  this  Grand  Lodge  or  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Order  ;  and  provided,  also,  they  be  submitted 
to  the  Committee  on  Jurisprudence  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
and  are  approved  by  the  Grand  Lodge  or  the  Grand  Master 
Workman. 

ALTERATIONS   AND    AMENDMENTS. 

Sec.  50.  No  alteration  or  amendment  shall  be  made  to 
these  By-Laws  unless  the  same  be  proposed  in  writing,  at 
a  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  adopted  by  a 
two-thirds  vote. 

RULES  OF  ORDER  OF  THIS  GRAND  LODGE. 

1.  The  hours  of  holding  the  sessions  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
shall  be  from  8;30  A.  m.  to  12  m.,  and  from  2  P.  M.  to  6  F. 
M.,  except  as  the  Lodge  may  by  a  two-thirds  vote  otherwise 
determine. 

2.  At  the  expiration  of  thirty  minutes  after  the  specified 
time  of  meetincT^  if  there  be  not  a  quorum,  the  members 
present  may  organize  informally,  call  the  roll,  note  the 
absentees,  make  an  order  for  their  fine  or  censure,  and  may 


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adjourn  to  such  time  as  ihey  may  deem  vh^hi  or  proper,  or 
they  may  sit  and  send  the  Guide  for  absentees. 

3.  The  roll  of  Officers,  s\inding  committees  and  Repre- 
sentatives shall  he  called,  and  the  journal  of  the  proceed- 
ings  read  at  the  opening  of  eacli  meeting. 

4.  The  minutes  may  he  confirmed  in  part,  and  the  re- 
mainder  shall  he  referred  to  the  head  of  unfinished  business. 

5.  A  committee  on  the  dislrilnition  of  reports  of  the  offi- 
cers shall  be  appointed  by  the  C).  M.  W.,  consisting  of  three 
members,  at  the  commencement  of  each  session,  who  shall 
determine  to  what  committee  said  reports  shall  be  referred, 
and  they  shall  be  referred  accorilinglv. 

G.  All  resolutions  or  documents,  when  first  submitted  for 
the  consideration  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  ..hall  be  referred  to 
an  appropriate  committee  without  debate. 

7.  The  G.  K.  shall  prepare  and  furnish  to  each  member, 
at  the  commencement  of  the  session,  a  list  of  the  names  of 
the  Representatives,  and  also  a  list  of  the  standing  com- 
mittees, and  the  members  thereof. 

8.  The  places  of  members  of  standing  committees  absent 
at  the  opening  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  shall  be  de- 
clared vacant,  and  the  vacancies  filled  by  the  G.  M.  \V. 

9.  All  resoluiions,  petitions,  reports  of  committees  and 
officers,  shall  be  in  writing,  and  signed  by  the  authors 
thereof. 

10.  The  chairmen  of  all  special  and  standing  committees 
shall  cause  sufficient  notice  to  be  given  of  the  time  and 
place  of  their  meetings  ;  provided,  that  no  committee  .shall 
sit  while  the  Lodge  is  in  session,  without  special  leave 
.therefor  I'rom  the  G.  AL  W. 

IL  All  committeeii  shall  be  appointed  by  the  G.  M.  W. 


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unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  I.odi^e,  and  the  firsl  mem- 
ber named  thereon  shall  be  its  chairman. 

12.  Any  member  desiring  to  offer  a  motion,  or  s])eak  on 
n  question,  shall  first  rise  and  address  the  G.  M.  W.  in  the 
usual  manner;  if  recognized,  he  may  proceed,  confining 
himself  to  ihe  question  before  the  Lodge,  and  avoiding  all 
personalities. 

V').  Whoji  a  member  is  called  to  order  while  speaking, 
he  shall  take  his  scat  until  the  question  of  order  is  decided. 
If  the  decision  is  in  his  favor,  he  may  proceed. 

14.  When  two  or  more  members  rise  to  sj:)eak  at  the 
same  time,  the  (x.  M.  W.  shall  name  the  meml)er  who  is 
entitled  to  tlie  floor. 

lo.  A  member  shall  not  speak  more  than  once,  and  then 
n(jt  longer  tlian  H\e  minutes  to  the  same  question,  except 
the  njover  of  the  resolution  or  the  chairman  of  the  committee 
lo  which  'he  matter  was  leferred,  wdio  shall  be  permitted  to 
close  the  discussion,  but  not  until  every  member  wishing  to 
speak  has  s|)oken. 

l().  No  motion  .^hall  be  entertained  until  it  is  seconded, 
nor  sha  1  it  be  in  order  for  a  member  to  rise  either  to  del>ate 
or  ameiul  a  motion  until  it  has  l)een  stated  Ijy  the  G.  M,  W., 
l)ut  the  G  M.  \V.,  vr  any  member  before  a  motion  is  stated, 
may  suggest  lo  the  mover  a  change  of  phraseology  more  ex- 
pressive of  the  intent  of  the  motion. 

IT.  After  the  G.  M.  W.  has  slated  the  question,  he  shall 
call  for  lemarks  ;  and  if  none  are  made,  he  shall  ask,  "Is 
the  l,odgir  ready  foi-  the  question?"  and  if  no  member  rise 
to  speak,  he  shall  lise  and  put  the  qi'estion,  and  after  he 
has  arisen  no  mend)cr  shall  be  permitted  to  speak  or  other- 
wise interrupt  him. 

18.   When   a  question   is   before   the    Lodge   no  motion 


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shall  be  in  order  except  to  adjourn,  to  lay  on  the  table,  the 
previous  question,  to  postpone  indefinitely,  to  postpone 
definitely,  to  commit,  to  recommit,  to  divide  and  to  amend, 
which  motions  shall  have  precedence  in  the  order  herein 
arranged,  and  none  but  the  motion  to  amend  shall  be  de- 
batable. 

19.  The  previous  question  shall  preclude  all  amendments 
and  debate,  and  may  be  called  for  by  five  members,  and 
shall  be  put  in  this  form:  "Shall  the  main  question  now 
be  put?"  If  decided  in  the  affirmative,  the  vote  shall  be 
taken  on  the  amendments  and  then  on  the  main  question. 

20.  When  a  question  is  postponed  indefinitely,  it  is  dis- 
posed of  for  the  entire  session. 

21.  When  a  mution  is  laid  on  the  table,  it  shall  lay  there 
for  the  day. 

22.  A  motion  to  reconsider  must  be  made  by  a  member 
who  voted  in  the  majority  when  the  question  was  decided, 
and  it  shall  not  be  entertained  at  all  after  one  day  has  in- 
tervened. 

23.  Every  officer  and  member  when  spoken  of  in  debate 
or  otherwise  in  open  Lodge,  shall  be  designated  by  his  pro- 
per title  and  rank,  according  to  his  standing  in  the  Order 
and  Lodge. 

24.  When  a  blank  is  to  be  filled,  the  question  shall  first 
be  put  upon  the  largest  sum  or  number  and  the  longest 
time  proposed,  then  upon  the  smallest  sum  and  shortest 
time,  and  so  on  until  all  the  times  or  sums  or  numbers  are 
disposed  of. 

25.  The  decision  of  the  G.  M.  W.  shall  be  final  until  it 
is  appealed  from  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  then  the  question 
shall  be,  "  Shall  the  decisioi  of  the  G.  M.  W.  be  sustained?" 
The  G.  M.  W.  shall  have  the  privilege  of  giving  his  reason 


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for  his  decision,  \nM  shall  l»ave  no  other  privileges  in  debate 

thereon. 

20.  No  member  can  be  given  permission  to  retire  when 

only  a  quorum  is  present. 

27  This  Lodge  shall  be  governed  in  debate  and  on 
questions  of  order  by  "  Roberts'  Manual  "  in  so  far  as  it  is 
consistent  with  the  laws  and  work  of  the  Order,  or  when 
none  of  these  rules  of  order  apply  to  the  case  m  point. 

28  Any  of  these  rules  of  order  may  be  suspended  for 
the  time  being  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present. 

29  These  rules  of  order  may  be  amended  l)y  a  two- 
thirds  vote  of  the  members  present,  provided  the  proposed 
amendment  has  been  submitted  in  writing  to  the  Lodge  at 
some  previous  annual  session. 


